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America's new swing region : changing politics and demographics in the Mountain West
Title
America's new swing region : changing politics and demographics in the Mountain West / Ruy Teixeira, editor.
ISBN
9780815722861 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815722869 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Physical Description
viii, 196 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Analyzes effects of the increase in minorities, younger residents, educational levels, and urbanization on the traditionally Republican politics of six states in the Mountain West, comparing changes in voting patterns from 1988 to 2008. Discusses possible ramifications of those changes and the 2010 mid-term elections on the 2012 presidential election"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 20, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: America's new swing region / Ruy Teixeira
America's new swing region: the political demography and geography of the Mountain West / William H. Frey and Ruy Teixeira
Metropolitan voting patterns in the Mountain West: the new and old political heartlands / Robert E. Lang and Thomas W. Sanchez
Hispanics, race, and the changing political landscape of the United States and Mountain West / William H. Frey
The political attitudes of the millennial generation in the Mountain West / Scott Keeter
The intermountain West today / Karlyn Bowman and Ruy Teixeira
Reapportionment and redistricting in the Mountain West / David F. Damore.
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