Secular geographical polarization in the American South: The case of Texas, 1996-2010

Electoral Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-62

  Myers, Adam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Geography; Partisan change; Polarization; South; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL HISTORY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875368788     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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