Geography of US Elections
by Stanford Continuing Studies Program
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Description
This map-intensive course explores 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.” It’s really much more complicated than that. Offered by Stanford’s Continuing Studies program.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoIntroduction to the Geography of United States Elections | Politics, United States election, history, 2008 presidential race, state, social issue, socio-economic, race, Democrat, Republican, Independents, map, red, blue, America | 10/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Video1. Basic Principles of Political Geography (October 15, 2008) | Geography, social science, history, presidential election, politics, political science, cartography, maps, polarization, religion, education, class, income inequality, centrism, moderate, liberal, conservative, McCain, Obama, Democrat, Republican, county, | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Video2. U.S. Presidential Elections From 1789 to 1916 (October 20, 2008) | Geography, social science, history, government, presidential election, politics, political science, maps, sectionalism, regionalism, moderate, liberal, conservative, Democrat, Republican, Federalist, Whig, Jackson, immigration, industrialization, slavery, | 10/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Video3. U.S. Presidential Elections from 1920 to 1996 (October 27, 2008) | Geography, social science, history, government, politics, presidential election, maps, North, South, West, democrat, republican, GOP, swing state, morals, religion, protestant, catholic, reconstruction, ancestry, Gilded Age, Korean War, disenfranchisement | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Video4. U.S. Presidential Elections from 1972 - Present (November 3, 2008) | Geography, social science, history, government, politics, presidential election, campaign, trend, vote, county, maps, North, South, West, democrat, republican, GOP, liberal, conservative, religion, mormon, catholic, university, military, urban, suburban, | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Video5. The 2008 Election (November 10, 2008) | Geography, social science, history, presidential election, politics, political science, cartography, maps, polarization, liberal, conservative, McCain, Obama, Democrat, Republican, county, red, blue, electoral college, polling, swing state, youth vote, po | 11/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Fascinating!
I found the course to be incredibly in-depth. Lewis utlilizes a lot of detailed maps, but when he uses them, they fill up the whole screen, so they're easy to see. One downside to this is that you can't see him gesturing at different parts of the maps, but I still found them easy to follow. The sound quality is also very good, and Lewis is a splendid lecturer. Highly recommended.
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