Red rural, blue rural? Presidential voting patterns in a changing rural America

Political Geography

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-118

  Scala, Dante J ^a   Johnson, Kenneth M ^a   Rogers, Luke T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Farming counties; Migration; Presidential elections; Recreational counties; Regional voting; Rural America

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944160402     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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