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Geography of US Elections Course Introduction

By Martin Lewis | Geography of United States Elections Lecture 1 of 6

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Lecture Description

This lecture provides an introduction to and overview of the Geography of United States Elections course.

Course Description

Led by Martin Lewis, this map-intensive course will explore the geography of US elections (both past and present), and challenge the suggestion that we are simply divided into a Red America and Blue America. Its really much more complicated than that.

Course Index

  1. Geography of US Elections Course Introduction
  2. The basic principles of political geography
  3. U.S. Presidential elections from 1789 to 1916
  4. U.S. Presidential elections from 1920 to 1996
  5. U.S. Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004
  6. The 2008 election
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