Political Polarization along the Rural-Urban Continuum? The Geography of the Presidential Vote, 2000–2016

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 672, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 162-184

  Scala, Dante J ^a   Johnson, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

migration; presidential elections; regional voting; rural America; suburban America; urban America; urban rural continuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021255894     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716217712696     Document Type: Article

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