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

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By: booklover

booklover — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:40:04 +0000

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

By: I drink your post, Neddy. I drink it all up. « The Edge of the American West

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:44:12 +0000

[...] I wish I could go to this. Provocative list of bullet points, that I’d summarize as the culture wars aren’t between rich and poor, but between rich people with different tastes, and income still matters. [...]

By: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State » My talks this week in D.C.: today (Wed.) at George Washington University, Thurs. at the Cato Institute

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:15:02 +0000

[...] (Thurs) I’ll be speaking with Boris at noon at the Cato Institute on Red State, Blue State. It’s not too late to sign up for [...]

By: bshor

bshor — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:54:09 +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

By: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State » Thursday 11 Sept at Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:07:40 +0000

[...] Boris and I will be speaking on the book at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., next Thurs (11 Sept) at noon. The event will be moderated by Will Wilkinson; see the description here of the event on his blog. [...]

By: Andrew Gelman

Andrew Gelman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:46 +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…

By: nicole

nicole — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:58:59 +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?