Graduation Year
2024
Date of Submission
4-2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
Andrew Sinclair
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Abstract
Politics at the national level seems increasingly polarized – but what does polarization really mean in a political context? Is the American political landscape so unidimensional that voters throughout the country can be represented by a linear left-right spectrum? By classifying gubernatorial candidates across the country based on their distinct social and economic positions, then mapping them in a two-dimensional space, I posit a very different kind of political landscape – one made up of diffuse, fluid political preferences.
Recommended Citation
Baumann, Nathanael, "Multipolar Melting Pot: A Spatial Analysis of Political Orientation in the United States" (2024). CMC Senior Theses. 3587.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3587
