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This book examines the geography of partisan polarization, or the
Reds and Blues, of the political landscape in the United States. It
places the current schism between Democrats and Republicans within
a historical context and presents a theoretical framework that
offers unique insights into the American electorate. The authors
focus on the demographic and political causes of polarization at
the local level across space and time. This is accomplished with
the aid of a comprehensive dataset that includes the presidential
election results for every county in the continental United States,
from the advent of Jacksonian democracy in 1828 to the 2016
election. In addition, coverage applies spatial diagnostics,
spatial lag models and spatial error models to determine why
contemporary and historical elections in the United States have
exhibited their familiar, but heretofore unexplained, political
geography. Both popular observers and scholars alike have expressed
concern that citizens are becoming increasingly polarized and, as a
consequence, that democratic governance is beginning to break down.
This book argues that once current levels of polarization are
placed within a historical context, the future does not look quite
so bleak. Overall, readers will discover that partisan division is
a dynamic process in large part due to the complex interplay
between changing demographics and changing politics.
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