Article · 2026

Urban Affairs Review

Short-Haul Moves and the Political Geography of Partisanship: Intrametropolitan Migration as a Force for Change in U.S. Politics

Studies intrametropolitan migration and the political geography of partisanship.

James G. Gimpel, Jordon Newton, and Andrew Reeves

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Why It Matters

This publication situates Short-Haul Moves and the Political Geography of Partisanship: Intrametropolitan Migration as a Force for Change in U.S. Politics within work on political geography, migration and mobility, partisan sorting.

Its central contribution is to show that studies intrametropolitan migration and the political geography of partisanship.

It matters because the findings connect institutional choices to the way authority, public responsibility, and political behavior are experienced in practice.

Key Findings

  • Studies intrametropolitan migration and the political geography of partisanship.

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Urban Affairs Review 62 (4): 975-1018.

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Urban Affairs Review

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