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Assessing where the red/blue political line lies in swing states and how it is shifting
Democratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics, one that will help shape elections and policy for decades to come. Blue Metros, Red States explores this phenomenon by analyzing demographic trends, voting patterns, economic data, and social characteristics of twenty-seven major metropolitan areas in thirteen swing states that will ultimately decide who is elected president and the party that controls each chamber of Congress.
List of contents
Contents:
Foreword
Ruy Teixeira
Preface: The Origins of Blue Metros, Red States
Robert E. Lang
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen A. Danielsen
2. Blue Horizons and Red Roadblocks
David F. Damore and Karen A. Danielsen
3. Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania and Virginia
Robert E. Lang
4. South Atlantic: Georgia and North Carolina
Robert E. Lang
5. Florida
Karen A. Danielsen
6. Midwest: Michigan and Ohio
John J. Hudak and Karen A. Danielsen
7. Upper Midwest: Minnesota and Wisconsin
William E. Brown Jr.
8. Texas
David F. Damore and Robert E. Lang
9. Mountain West: Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada
David F. Damore and Robert E. Lang
10. From Blue Metros to Blue States
David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen A. Danielsen
Epilogue: The View from Washington
Molly E. Reynolds
Appendix
Index
About the author
David F. Damore is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and a nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies program.
Robert E. Lang holds the Lincy Endowed Chair in Urban Affairs in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, UNLV, and is executive director of Brookings Mountain West and the Lincy Institute.
Karen A. Danielsen is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Leadership in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, UNLV.
Summary
Democratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics. Blue Metros, Red States explores this phenomenon by analysing demographic trends, voting patterns, economic data, and social characteristics of twenty-seven major metropolitan areas in thirteen swing states.
