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Re: Cato Book Forum: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

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Re: Cato Book Forum: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

booklover — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:40:04 -0000

Thanks for the heads up...Book Army loves a good author talk.

Re: Cato Book Forum: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

bshor — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:54:09 -0000

I'm Boris Shor, and a coauthor on the book, and I'll be at the event as well. By the way, the link to our web site is broken ... it's http://www.redbluerichpoor.com

Re: Cato Book Forum: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

Andrew Gelman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:46 -0000

Nicole,

Yes, good point. We're comparing religious to non-religious, but to the extent that there are fewer religious attenders in, say, Sweden,religious can be a less important factor there in total. On the other hand, if there are big differences between how religious and non-religious people vote, this presumably represents a potentially important issue in a country (just as, for example, gay rights is important in the U.S. even though only a small proportion of Americans are gay). In any case, I'm happy to discuss this further on Thursday...

Re: Cato Book Forum: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

nperrin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:58:59 -0000

Religious and secular voters differ no more in America than in France, Germany, Sweden, and many other European countries.

Isn't this misleading, since there are far fewer religious voters in France, Germany, and Sweden than there are in the US? Religion itself may not be more divisive in the US than it is in other places, but as a divisive factor it's effects are far greater, no?