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

"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...

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Teixeira, Ruy A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: America's new swing region / Ruy Teixeira
  • America's new swing region: the political demography and geography of the Mountain West / William H. Frey and Ruy Teixeira
  • Metropolitan voting patterns in the Mountain West: the new and old political heartlands / Robert E. Lang and Thomas W. Sanchez
  • Hispanics, race, and the changing political landscape of the United States and Mountain West / William H. Frey
  • The political attitudes of the millennial generation in the Mountain West / Scott Keeter
  • The intermountain West today / Karlyn Bowman and Ruy Teixeira
  • Reapportionment and redistricting in the Mountain West / David F. Damore.