America's new swing region
Subtitle: changing politics and demographics in the Mountain West
By: Ruy Teixeira, editor
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780815722861
Subjects: Politics and government; Party affiliation; Demography; Apportionment (Election law); Population geography
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: America's new swing region / Ruy Teixeira; title: America's new swing region: the political demography and geography of the Mountain West / William H. Frey and Ruy Teixeira; title: Metropolitan voting patterns in the Mountain West: the new and old political heartlands / Robert E. Lang and Thomas W. Sanchez; title: Hispanics, race, and the changing political landscape of the United States and Mountain West / William H. Frey; title: The political attitudes of the millennial generation in the Mountain West / Scott Keeter; title: The intermountain West today / Karlyn Bowman and Ruy Teixeira; title: Reapportionment and redistricting in the Mountain West / David F. Damore.