Political Parties Who is a Republican? Who is a Democrat?
Factors affecting party ID? Ideology Education Income Occupation Race/Ethnicity Gender Religion
Factors affecting party ID? Cont. Family Tradition Region of the Country Marital Status
Recent Voting Patterns Elections of 2000 and 2004
Northeast States Union Blue Collar Rust Belt
Southern States Sun Belt Bible Belt
Midwest States Split
Great Plains Whats the Matter with Kansas?
Mountain States Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.
West Coast Environment, Immigration etc.
Men NASCAR Dads Farmers Business Leaders White Collar
Women Soccer Moms are exception
African American Overwhelmingly Democratic Reasons?
Hispanics Catholics=Dem Pro-Life=Rep Cuban=Rep Immigration=Dem
Protestants North=Democratic Southern Evangelical=Republic an
Catholic North=Democratic Hispanic Churches=Growing GOP
Jewish Pro-Israel Separation of Church and State
Non-religious Separation of Church and State
Wealthy Taxation Policy
Poor, Urban Taxation Policy Social Welfare Programs
Suburban, Rural More middle class, family values, less taxes