chapter 5- political landscape
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early 20th century population changes
rural → urban (urbanization)
50s - now population changes
urban → suburban (urban spraw/suburbanization)
why does suburbanization occur?
better housing, transporation, lower cost of living, clearer air, safer streets, white flight
white flight
movement of white people away from central cities to suburbs so their kids wouldn’t be bused for integration and therefor got better schools
how has white flight effected city demographics?
made them increasingly poor, black, and democratic
race
grouping of human charecterisitcs based on skin color
ethnicity
social division based on national orgin, language, and culture
what percentage of voters are white?
80%
how do black people vote?
democrat
how do hispanics vote?
democrat
how do asians vote?
democrat (close)
how do natives vote?
democrat
poverty line stats
7% of whites, 10% of asians, 20% of latinos, 24% of natives, and 28% of black people live under the poverty line
how do extremly wealthy (>$350,000) people vote
republican
how do wealthy ($92,000-350,000) people vote?
republican
how does the middle class vote?
republican
how do poor people vote?
democrat
how has class changed overtime?
gotten more white collar, blue collar has decreased pretty significantly
how do men vote?
republican
how do women vote?
democrat
how do lgbtq+ people vote?
democrat
how do protestants vote?
republican
how do catholics vote?
republican
how do jews vote?
democrat
how do muslims vote?
democrat
how do people btwn 18-29 y/o vote?
democrat
how do people btwn 30-44 y/o vote?
republican
how do people btwn 45-59 y/o vote?
republican
how do people btwn 60+ y/o vote?
republican
how do people with no hs education vote?
democrat
how do people with a hs education vote?
republican
how do people with some college education vote?
republican
how do college grads vote?
republican
how do post-grads vote?
democrat
how do people on the coast vote?
democrat
how do people inland vote?
republican
how do urban people vote?
democrat
how do suburban people vote?
split
how do rural people vote?
republican