BU Political Scientist Asks: Does Political Homogeneity Perpetuate Itself?
America is famous for its so-called red states and blue states—territories in which most residents reliably vote Republican or Democrat, respectively. But does the political partisanship go deeper than that?
“When people live in more Democratic or Republican places, they become more likely to register the way their neighbors are registering,” says Jacob Brown, an assistant professor of political science. “And then you also see there’s an activating effect: if you’re a steadfast Democrat, and you live around more Democrats, you might participate a little bit more in politics than you would otherwise.”
In today’s highly polarized political environment, Brown’s research has piqued lots of interest…
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