SaysWho? Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Put your city into the search to see if there's a map of it. Most politically segregated cities: Cities that are mostly white mostly have this issue, though they're not at the top of the politically segregated cities in America: Quote Researchers have plenty of theories as to why this happens. The best-known hypothesis comes from “The Big Sort,” a 2008 book co-authored by journalist Bill Bishop that described Americans as choosing to live in homogenous communities according to their how they live and their political preferences. “It’s identity all the way down,” Bishop said. “Places are getting more segregated. It is a function of choice, economy, work, lifestyle. … Lifestyle these days equate to political choice.” Two political scientists — Washington University’s Webster and Stanford’s Gregory Martin — recently explored the inverse of the “Big Sort” theory by trying to calculate how much partisan polarization was driven by Americans’ decisions about where to move. “Republicans and Democrats, they would like to live around other Republicans and Democrats, but that desire is small compared to more practical things, like the affordability of homes or the quality of schools,” Webster said. Instead, he said, “places shape people” more than people are sorting themselves into places. Researchers agree that as politics have become more identity-driven and polarized, those factors are exacerbating the country’s geographic polarization. And that geographic polarization may, in turn, be contributing to our political polarization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 as expected for mine, democrat urban area surrounded by republican suburbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 How is Provo segregated when it's entirely red? And what's with the random strike-through text? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Just now, Jason said: How is Provo segregated when it's entirely red? And what's with the random strike-through text? wtf, I just noticed that I should say mostly have this issue. Gonna edit that strike-through because now I'm pissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jason said: How is Provo segregated when it's entirely red? Because @GeneticBlueprint lives there. So there is a dot of blue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: Because @GeneticBlueprint lives there. So there is a dot of blue. 16 minutes ago, Jason said: How is Provo segregated when it's entirely red? Correct. There will be one blue dot here if I move anywhere within Provo/Orem. But if I leave it will become the least segregated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 30 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Because @GeneticBlueprint lives there. So there is a dot of blue. 27 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Correct. There will be one blue dot here if I move anywhere within Provo/Orem. But if I leave it will become the least segregated. I just thought of something: What if there was an ultra HD version of that map so you can zoom in and see a blue dot and then when you zoom into the dot you see 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Looking at the map of Richmond, there is a very direct correlation (based on my eye test) between political polarization and historical redlining and white flight. Eastern and South Richmond (and Eastern Henrico) were designated for blacks (with few exceptions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Pittsburgh is what I’d expect: a blue core surrounded by the whack ass suburbs and Pennsyltuckey fucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Chris- said: Pittsburgh is what I’d expect: a blue core surrounded by the whack ass suburbs and Pennsyltuckey fucks Harrisburg is about the same way. Oh fuck, I'm in the red zone. HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Lots of blue with splotches of red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dodger Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I just bought a house in Queen Creek. This state doesn't feel all that red until you see a guy on a motorcycle with no helmet carrying a rifle on his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 This is news to me, I thought San Diego was redder than this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: This is news to me, I thought San Diego was redder than this Cali was super blue in 2016. The Orange County Republicans in 2018 were wiped out after being a Republican stronghold forever. Might be happening somewhat in San Diego as well due to Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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