March 2008

This brief examines the voting patterns of the country's most globally networked cities and show how these trends may impact presidential campaign strategies.

 

 

2006

This election brief addresses how changing demographics and metropolitan form impact the nation’s politics.

 

 

Boomburbs and the Vote: National Election Results in Counties Containing Large, Rapidly Growing Suburbs
Jennifer LeFurgy
2005

This special Metropolitan Institute report indicates that the Boomburb counties are perhaps becoming more contested and less reliably Republican than the exurban counties.

 

 

2005

The brief looks at voting patterns in the the major socio-political sections of the state.  The brief ends with a discussion of what lessons will likely be drawn from the 2005 Governors’ race.

2004

This Census Note provides a first-ever look at voting patterns in the nation’s micropolitan areas. It shows that these places more closely resemble rural communities than bigger metropolitan areas in terms of how they vote.