A Swing State No More? Demographic and Political Change in the Silver State
Editors
David A. Schultz, & Rafael Jacob (Eds.)
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
6-20-2018
Publication Title
Presidential Swing States, 2nd ed.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publisher Location
Lanham, MD
Issue
2
First page number:
121
Last page number:
150
Abstract
In this chapter, we draw on a broad range of historical and contemporary data to assess the underpinnings of Nevada's swing state status. In the first section, we present data detailing Nevada's propensity to swing between the Republican and Democratic Parties. This often results in the state supporting the winning presidential candidate. Next, we examine how partisanship and ideology, two of the basic organizing principles of American politics, often have little connection to the state's political behavior. We suggest that this may be a consequence of the personal political organizations that historically dominated the state. This is followed by an analysis of how the state's population growth, rapid urbanization, and increased ethnic and racial diversification regionalized--and largely regularized--politics in the Silver State. The chapter concludes by assessing the likelihood that Nevada will continue to be a swing state in future presidential elections.
Language
eng
Repository Citation
Damore, D. F.,
Gill, R. D.
(2018).
A Swing State No More? Demographic and Political Change in the Silver State. In David A. Schultz, & Rafael Jacob (Eds.),
Presidential Swing States, 2nd ed.(2),
121-150.
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
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