Rurality, Region, and Republican Voting

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Main Author:	Kelly, Paige
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:	Sociology rural-urban dynamics rural sociology political sociology spatial inequality
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492602954178696

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14926029541786962021-08-03T07:01:56Z Rurality, Region, and Republican Voting Kelly, Paige Sociology rural-urban dynamics rural sociology political sociology spatial inequality The recent political polarization in US presidential elections has often been depicted as a function of the dichotomous relationship between populations of red-rural and blue-urban states by popular media and social sciences. This approach widely assumes that rurality operates as a discrete determinant of individuals’ voting choices independent of their sociodemographic attributes. As a result, this generalization often conflates rurality, in and of itself, as a key influence of Republican voting rather than recognizing the role of sociodemographic attributes, more prevalent in rural areas, in influencing voting choices. In this study, I ask to what degree rurality is a significant influence of Republican voting. More specifically, I seek to address the degree to which individuals’ geographic regional contexts, relative to their sociodemographic characteristics, influence their voting choices in presidential elections. Drawing on General Social Survey (GSS) data from the 2000 to 2012 presidential elections, I utilize logistic regression analyses to explore the relationships between individuals’ rural-urban contexts, geopolitical cultural regions, and sociodemographic attributes in explaining differences in Republican voting. I find that at the national level broad rural-urban divides are not a significant influence of differences in individuals’ voting choices. This supports the need for a more sensitive political sociology that appreciates how Republican voting makes sense within and across the unique contexts of both rural and urban life. 2017-08-14 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492602954178696 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492602954178696 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Rurality, Region, and Republican Voting

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