The new American segregation - PhillyBlog

raider.adam · #1 (**permalink**) 05-26-2008, 02:09 PM

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...4016221.column

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As many of the 10 million Americans who move from one county to another each year chose to live in narrowly defined "communities of interest," the nation's counties became more politically segregated and increasingly less politically competitive. In 1976, only 38% of counties had a partisan spread larger than 20 percentage points; in 2004's astonishingly close election, more than 60% of U.S. counties saw landslides.

GMonkey · #2 (**permalink**) 05-26-2008, 02:55 PM

Interesting. All of my residential choices have been job related (lowest-crime, best schools, with the shortest commute possible). Perhaps that puts me with people who are politically similar? I believe that Delco is rather conservative while I'm a moderate liberal. Except for Detroit, I've always lived in communities which are far more conservative than I am.