Bridging the Connecticut River Divide: Diffusion of Political Influence across State Boundaries

• In Event: Political Geography and Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

In this research we deploy GIS tools and spatial data analysis to study variation in the political similarity of communities on each side of a lengthy water boundary, some of which are connected by bridges, while others are not.

Authors

• Quinn Bornstein, Georgetown University

• Jim Gimpel, University of Maryland-College Park