GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Protestantism, Gerrymandering
28 Dec 2017
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Study of dual interactions between geography and political structures as they impact electoral outcomes. How spatial patterns of social characteristics affect electoral outcomes and political decisions. How the geographical structure of the electoral systems affects the results. Age, gender, income, education, ethnicity, immigrant/minority status, place of residence. Social characteristics are associated with voting patterns, with distinct spatial patterns. See photo above (democrats vs. republican vote, trump vs. clinton) Vast and growing gap between liberals and conservatives is a defining feature of politics in many countries today. Political polarization: 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 and social environments. Segregation increases political polarization and alters the electoral geography of neighbourhoods. Political units elect a representative to govt this person should represent the opinions of the population of that area.
