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Patchwork nation : sectionalism and political change in American politics

Author: James G Gimpel; Jason E Schuknecht
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2003.
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"The analysis in Patchwork Nation reminds us that the traditions and histories of individual states differ widely. Gimpel and Schuknecht's examination of territorial cleavages thus provides us with a key to understanding the raw material that politicians use to fashion our party system. Their findings are an reminder of geography's central role in national politics.".
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Gimpel, James G.
Patchwork nation.
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003
(OCoLC)606984804
Online version:
Gimpel, James G.
Patchwork nation.
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003
(OCoLC)607851925
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James G Gimpel; Jason E Schuknecht
ISBN: 0472113143 9780472113149
OCLC Number: 51297135
Description: viii, 480 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: federalism, political identity, and American state politics --
Going inside states: the geography of local political behavior --
State politics and presidential voting, 1988---2000 --
California --
Florida --
Texas --
Colorado --
Minnesota --
Georgia --
Connecticut --
Maryland --
Oregon --
Michigan --
Illinois --
Sectionalism and political change in the states --
Appendix A. The challenge of ecological inference --
Appendix B. Complete ecological inference estimates, by state --
Appendix C. Complete voter transition results, by state.
Responsibility: James G. Gimpel & Jason E. Schuknecht.
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Abstract:

"The analysis in Patchwork Nation reminds us that the traditions and histories of individual states differ widely. Gimpel and Schuknecht's examination of territorial cleavages thus provides us with a key to understanding the raw material that politicians use to fashion our party system. Their findings are an reminder of geography's central role in national politics.".

"From the news analysts and pundits who use maps to identify electoral behavior patterns to the politicians and campaign strategists who study them to locate centers of support, experts of all stripes continue to recognize geography's importance to our political understanding. But in the wake of the survey research revolution of the late twentieth century, scholars often overlooked the relevance of geographical factors for the study of politics. Patchwork Nation retrieves this lost knowledge and extends it in important new directions, encouraging scholars to fundamentally reassess their thinking about the geographic basis of contemporary political behavior."--BOOK JACKET.

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