America's new swing region : changing politics and demographics in the Mountain West

• Tác giả: Ruy A Teixeira
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780815722861 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 324.978093 Historical and geographic treatment of elections
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: viii, 196 p., [16] p. of plates : , ill., maps (some col.) ; , 23 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 349263
• Chủ đề: 1. Apportionment (Election law)--Rocky Mountains Region; 2. Demography--Political aspects--Rocky Mountains Region; 3. Party affiliation--Rocky Mountains Region; 4. Population geography--Political aspects--Rocky Mountains Region

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"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.