METHODS OF STUDYING THE GEOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL PREFERENCES OF THE US POPULATION
Abstract
During the 20th century several groups of methods were used to study the territorial variability of political preferences in theUnited States. Descriptive methods were at the origins of this research but they are often subjective. Cartographic methods allow representing the interconnections of phenomena, but their application is rather time-consuming, particularly for the large-scale investigations. The use of mathematical methods was a breakthrough in the electoral geography making it possible to parameterize the results of research and make them more objective. At the same time these methods are highly dependent on statistical data quality and often do not reflect the whole situation. However integration of methods belonging to different groups allows creating rather clear representation of processes occurring in the electoral geography of a country or a region. Despite some limitations, the main one being the two-party system, untypical for most countries of the world, the experience of studying theUSpolitical landscape could be useful for the studies of political geography in other states.
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Varyushin P.S. METHODS OF STUDYING THE GEOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL PREFERENCES OF THE US POPULATION. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2014;(4):42-48. (In Russ.)
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