GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: United States Presidential Election, 2016
12 Dec 2016
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Geog 1ha3 human geographies: society and culture. Lecture 23: electoral geographies dec 2, 2016. Electoral geography: the study of the dual interactions between geography and political structures as they impact electoral outcome. How spatial patterns of social characteristics (cultural groups) affect electoral outcomes and political decisions -- e. g. what policies and allocating of funding will be put in place. How the geographical structure of the election system affects electoral results. Issues of interest: social-spatial voting patterns, spatial-political polarization, political redistricting. Vote results in 2016 u. s. presidential election: gender and age. More females voted for democratic; 52% of women make up votes: age. Age 18-29: more democratic; age 45-64, 64+ more republican -- 40% of votes made up from the age 45-64 group. Not much variation in terms of party choice: education. Less educated, more republican; most educated, more democratic: ethnicity. White, more republican -- 70% of voters in that category.
