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America's New Swing Region: Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West

America's New Swing Region: Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West

Ruy Teixeira
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The Mountain West—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported in the media, and many political observers have only the most superficial understanding of the profound economic, political, and social changes that continue to reshape the Mountain West. America's New Swing Region is the remedy.Led by bestselling author and political analyst Ruy Teixeira, a talented group ofscholars assembled by the Brookings Mountain West program presents the facts and the narrative necessary forunderstanding what is happening in this region and why it is so important.Contents1. Introduction and Overview2. America's New Swing Region: The Political Demography and Geography ofthe Mountain West3. Metropolitan Voting Patterns in the Mountain West: The New and Old PoliticalHeartlands4. Hispanics, Race, and the Changing Political Landscape of the United StatesMountain West5. The Political Attitudes of the Millennial Generation in the Mountain West6. The Mountain West Today: A Regional Survey7. Reapportionment and Redistricting in the Mountain WestContributors include Karlyn Bowman , David Damore(University of Nevada–Las Vegas , William Frey , Scott Keeter , Robert E. Lang , Tom Sanchez , and Ruy Teixeira .
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Release
February 24, 2012

America's New Swing Region: Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West

Ruy Teixeira
3/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The Mountain West—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported in the media, and many political observers have only the most superficial understanding of the profound economic, political, and social changes that continue to reshape the Mountain West. America's New Swing Region is the remedy.Led by bestselling author and political analyst Ruy Teixeira, a talented group ofscholars assembled by the Brookings Mountain West program presents the facts and the narrative necessary forunderstanding what is happening in this region and why it is so important.Contents1. Introduction and Overview2. America's New Swing Region: The Political Demography and Geography ofthe Mountain West3. Metropolitan Voting Patterns in the Mountain West: The New and Old PoliticalHeartlands4. Hispanics, Race, and the Changing Political Landscape of the United StatesMountain West5. The Political Attitudes of the Millennial Generation in the Mountain West6. The Mountain West Today: A Regional Survey7. Reapportionment and Redistricting in the Mountain WestContributors include Karlyn Bowman , David Damore(University of Nevada–Las Vegas , William Frey , Scott Keeter , Robert E. Lang , Tom Sanchez , and Ruy Teixeira .
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Release
February 24, 2012

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