Migration as a Source of Changing Party Strength

Migration as a Source of Changing Party Strength

Because they are unlikely to be a perfect match of the existing electorate, in-migrants may form the basis for an alteration in the local partisan balance. This note discusses partisan change and the role migration may play within it, and identifies the conditions under which migration is likely to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science quarterly 1989-03, Vol.70 (1), p.211-220
1. Verfasser: FRENDREIS, John P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aggregation
Censuses
Change
Demography
Electorate
Migration
MIGRATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
Partisanship
POLITICAL AND POWER PROCESS
Political behaviour
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Political Parties
Political partisanship
POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP, BIPARTISAN POLITICS
POLITICAL PARTY
Political sociology
Population growth
Population migration
Primary elections
Research Notes
Sociology
Texas
United States of America
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
Voting
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Zusammenfassung:Because they are unlikely to be a perfect match of the existing electorate, in-migrants may form the basis for an alteration in the local partisan balance. This note discusses partisan change and the role migration may play within it, and identifies the conditions under which migration is likely to have its greatest effect. This effect is illustrated by an intensive analysis of a Sun Belt county which has witnessed both a wave of migration-based population growth and a dramatic change in the local partisan balance.
ISSN:0038-4941
1540-6237