GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: United States Presidential Election, 2016, Derry, Gerrymandering
20 Dec 2017
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Electoral geography: the study of the dual interactions between geography and political structures as they impact electoral outcomes. How spatial patterns of social characteristics affect electoral outcomes & political decision. How geographical structure of elections affects electoral results. Gender, education, place of residence, age, income, ethnicity/race, immigrant/ Social characteristics are associated with voting patterns with distinct spatial patterns . Vote results in 2016 us presidential election. Political polarization: increasing gap between liberals and conservatives is a defining feature of politics in many countries today. Reduced exposure to contrary views and less likely to discuss politics with those who have opposing views. Facilitated by social geographic processes such as residential segregation => social isolation in neighbourhoods & social environment. Segregation increases political polarization and alters the electoral geography of neighbourhoods. People who is consistently republican/conservative gets news from fox news. People who are liberal get news from cnn.
