Voters on the move: The political effectiveness of migration and its effects on state partisan composition

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 429-443

  Jurjevich, Jason R ^a   Plane, David A ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional effects; Electoral geography; Migration; Partisan change

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868350327     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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