Urban–rural differences in partisan political loyalty are as familiar in the United States as
they are in other countries. In this paper, we examine Gallup survey data from the early …

This article documents the diversity of political attitudes and voting patterns along the urban-
rural continuum of the United States. We find that America's rural and urban interface, in …

Highlights•Trump's rural advantage contributed to his Presidential election victory, but it was
not sufficient to swing the election.•Trump's average over-performance was higher in more …

An Introduction to Political Geography continues to provide a broad-based introduction to
contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in …

Questions have been raised in recent years about the extent to which the nation is
segregated by the political preferences of its electorate. Some have argued that internal …

A potential explanation for the US urban-rural political divide is a definition of rural
consciousness comprised of three subdimensions: a feeling that ruralites are …

Since the 1970s, American politics has taken an impressive turn away from political
dealignment and moved toward a more responsible party system. As a result, elections have …

This paper examines individual and aggregate data to document the growing political
diversity in rural America. This political diversity is evident in the various economies within …

Whether Americans have “sorted” into politically like-minded counties and to what extent is
hotly debated by academic and journalists. This paper examines whether or not geographic …

A certain social-political geography recurs across European and North American societies:
As post-industrialization and mechanization of agriculture have disrupted economies, rural …