Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State : : Why Americans Vote the Way They Do - Expanded Edition / / Andrew Gelman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gelman, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Expanded
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 19 color illus. 99 line illus.

On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist blue-state Democrats woefully out of touch with heartland values. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman debunks these and other political myths. This expanded edition includes new data and easy-to-read graphics explaining the 2008 election. Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State is a must-read for anyone seeking to make sense of today's fractured political landscape.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I. The Paradox -- Introduction -- Rich State, Poor State -- How the Talking Heads Can Be So Confused -- PART II. WHAT'S GOING ON -- Income and Voting over Time -- Inequality and Voting -- Religious Reds and Secular Blues -- The United States in Comparative Perspective -- PART III WHAT IT MEANS -- Polarized Parties -- Competing to Build a Majority Coalition -- Putting It All Together -- AFTERWORD. The 2008 Election -- Notes and Sources -- Index