Abstract
American political scientists have suggested a number of theories of electoral behaviour in the United States, several of which refer to patterns over sequences of elections. Such theories have considerable implications for studies of the geography of voting, and indeed can be falsified by aggregate (or geographical) analyses. This paper uses principal components analysis to study the geography of voting at elections for President, U.S. Senator and State Governor over the period 1946-1980 and provides strong evidence in support of the partisan realignment thesis. -Author
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 187-204 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Transactions, Institute of British Geographers |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1982 |