Moving Feet or Opinions: An Analysis of the Mechanisms of Polarization in Florida and North Carolina

• In Event: Factors Influencing Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

We exploit historical administrative datasets to validate whether political sorting is occurring. We employ novel Bayesian methods to test mechanisms driving these trends. We conclude sorting is a byproduct of the post 1960s political realignment.

Authors

• Claudia Kenyon Kann, Caltech

• Daniel Ebanks, Harvard University