Partisan sorting
'Partisan sorting or geographic sorting is an effect in politics in which voters with specific viewpoints migrate to specific areas, becoming much more concentrated in them than in the wider electorate.[1][2][3] This effect may create or contribute to an effect of polarisation, in which separate areas become dominated by political movements much more extreme than might be expected given the "average" political views of voters.
In 2008, The Economist commented that in American politics sorting was making "the culture war more bitter and politics harder.[4]"
References
- ^ Tam Cho, Wendy. "Voter migration is a significant factor in the geographic sorting of the American electorate". London School of Economics. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Lang, Corey; Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna. "Partisan sorting is a very recent phenomenon, and has been driven by the Southern realignment". London School of Economics. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Abramowitz, Alan; Fiorina, Morris. "Polarized or Sorted? Just What's Wrong With Our Politics, Anyway?". The American Interest. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "The Big Sort". The Economist. Retrieved 10 November 2016.