An insightful, political-geographic analysis of Obama’s election (and its failure to create an ideological critical-realignment for America) by Mike Davis (my favorite political scientist/geographer/historian/urban theorist, etc. who used to be a truck-driver). In summary:
“Even the most preliminary analysis of the 2008 presidential vote reveals new alliances and shifting loyalties that a deepening economic crisis may cement as a durable Democratic if not liberal majority. These potentially realigning trends include the disappearance of ‘inverted 1896’ on the national election map; the probable peaking of the evangelical vote and the Republican ‘culture war’ strategy; Obama’s victories in Karl Rove’s bellwether suburban counties; the reappearance of a rainbow coalition in the electorate; a Latino backlash against nativism; and the political triumph of the New Economy over the Old.” (read more)
