Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

by Gelman, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780691143934
• ISBN10: 0691143935
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-07
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist blue-state Democrats woefully out of touch with heartland values. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman debunks these and other political myths.This expanded edition includes new data and easy-to-read graphics explaining the 2008 election.Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor Stateis a must-read for anyone seeking to make sense of today's fractured political landscape.

Author Biography

Andrew Gelman is professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University. His book include Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks. He received the Presidents' Award in 2003, awarded each year to the best statistician under forty.

Table of Contents

The Paradox	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Rich State, Poor State	p. 8
How the Talking Heads Can Be So Confused	p. 24
WhatÆs Going On	p. 41
Income and Voting over Time	p. 43
Inequality and Voting	p. 58
Religious Reds and Secular Blues	p. 76
The United States in Comparative Perspective	p. 94
What It Means	p. 109
Polarized Parties	p. 111
Competing to Build a Majority Coalition	p. 137
Putting It All Together	p. 165
Afterword: The 2008 Election	p. 179
Notes and Sources	p. 197
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