Gelman, Andrew

Princeton. 2008. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780691139272. 248 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Politics America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans sat riveted in front of their televisions as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become a symbol of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist, latte-sipping blue-state Democrats who are woefully out of touch with heartland values. RED STATE, BLUE STATE, RICH STATE, POOR STATE debunks these and other political myths. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman gets to the bottom of why Democrats win elections in wealthy states while Republicans get the votes of richer voters, how the two parties have become ideologically polarized, and other issues. Gelman uses eye-opening, easy-to-read graphics to unravel the mystifying patterns of recent voting, and in doing so paints a vivid portrait of the regional differences that drive American politics. He demonstrates in the plainest possible terms how the real culture war is being waged among affluent Democrats and Republicans, not between the haves and have-nots; how religion matters for higher-income voters; how the rich-poor divide is greater in red not blue states--and much more. RED STATE, BLUE STATE, RICH STATE, POOR STATE is a must-read for anyone seeking to make sense of today's fractured American political landscape. inventory #35878 ISBN: 9780691139272.