Political implications of residential mobility and stasis on the partisan balance of locales

摘要: Abstract Drawing on movement patterns of several million voters within a six state region across four biennial intervals, we evaluate whether migration are consistent with the thesis that migrants sensitive to political balance destination neighborhoods once control for important economic and demographic covariates relocation. Substantial minorities movers track appear drawn more politically compatible their party registration than ones they left behind. Notably, those who change upon relocating highly differences in climate between origin destination. But selective in-migration is not only, or even primary, force behind development one-sided opinion environments. We find evidence based models millions non-movers out-migration abandonment entrenchment single-party politics, just as economically robust areas attract mix partisans search employment better housing. Evaluating remains studying leave when want learn about consequences residential