Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
11-15-2016
Publisher
Brookings Mountain West
Abstract
Brookings Mountain West and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs hosted a panel of experts in state and regional politics and history to examine election returns and exit polling and provide a first-read of the 2016 election. The Mountain West is now one of the nation’s most contested political regions. Its population growth and ever-shifting demographics make the region harder to predict and most susceptible to political swings. Five states in the Southern Mountain West – Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah – now hold more electoral votes than all individual states except Texas and California. In our current political climate these 37 electoral votes can determine the majority in the U.S. Senate and the presidency of the United States.
Keywords
Clinton; Hillary Rodham; Demography; Elections; Presidents--Election; Public opinion polls; Trump; Donald; 1946-
Disciplines
American Politics
File Format
File Size
967 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Brown, W. E.,
Lang, R. E.,
Damore, D.,
Jacob, B.,
Green, M.
(2016).
How The Mountain West States Voted In 2016: A Post-Election Analysis of Trends, Demographics, and Politics in America’s New Swing Region.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/111
PowerPoint Presentation
Lang_Pres_HowtheMountain.pdf (479 kB)
PowerPoint Presentation
Comments
A special event presented November 15, 2016, by Brookings Mountain West and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Greenspun Auditorium.
The video may be viewed on Youtube or by download. The downloadable MP4 file is 4.28 GB.
Related files available for download are:
"Election 2016: Polls vs. Voters," Dr. Robert Lang, 12 PowerPoint slides
"Who Voted?" Dr. David Damore, 13 PowerPoint slides