Suburbs and density

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

Is the density gradient in the vote as steep within counties as between them?

The data

• Precinct votes on census geographiesYears: 2016 and 2020 (contiguous United States only)
• County demographics panelYears: 2000-2024 (election years, interpolated between census and survey anchors)

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The scope

Places Each row of the data is a place such as a county or a neighborhood, so results describe places. They do not describe the people in them.

The chapter sits in Part XII, Demographic axes of the vote, the political map. Its unit of analysis is places. See how the book treats evidence.