Volume 1Labels, sorting and partisan feeling

Party identification and ideological labels drew closer together in American surveys. The volume asks what the labels contain, in the United States and about 100 countries, how the alignment changed across birth cohorts, and how it differs from partisans' feelings toward the other party.

Volume 2Coalitions and political differences

Participation, group coalitions, issues and attitudes toward institutions and democracy, 1948 to 2024. Party gaps on these measures differ in size and timing, and some reverse with control of the presidency, so no single trend describes them.

Volume 3Votes, giving and places

Election returns, donor records and county data count different populations at different scales. The volume follows the vote from counties to precincts and down the ballot, compares donors with voters, and returns from places to the people who live in them.

Reading path

Money and the map

8 chapters in reading order. A path is a way through the book that follows one question; every chapter also stands alone.

1
Who donates
Planned in Part VII, Giving
What share of Americans give to campaigns, and how concentrated are the dollars?
PlannedIndividualsanesdime
2
The geography of donations
Planned in Part VII, Giving
Where do campaign dollars come from, and do county donor pools show the same education and income gradients as county votes?
PlannedPlacesdimecounty-demographicscounty-returns
3
Occupation and donations
Planned in Part VII, Giving
How does donors' ideology vary by occupation?
PlannedIndividualsdime
4
The ideology of the donor pool
Chapter 7.1 in Part VII, Giving
Among reliable individual donors, the share with a CFscore near zero fell from 11.8% in 1980 to 1.2% in 2024, a change in who gives rather than in any donor's score.
DraftIndividualsdime
5
Candidate extremity and vote share
Planned in Part VII, Giving
Do more extreme House candidates still lose vote share, and has that changed?
PlannedOfficeholdersdime
6
Stated and funded ideology
Planned in Part VII, Giving
How closely does a county's self-reported ideology match the ideology of its donors?
PlannedPlacescesdime
7
Counties where donors and voters diverge
Chapter 7.2 in Part VII, Giving
In 570 of 2,839 counties, or 20.1%, the reliable donors of 1980 to 2024 lean opposite to the county's 2020 presidential vote, a count that depends on the definition of divergence.
DraftPlacesdimecounty-returnscounty-demographics
8
Partisans in the other party's territory
Planned in Part VIII, Places and the people in them
Where do Democrats and Republicans live in counties their party lost, and do these voters and donors differ from aligned partisans?
PlannedIndividualscescounty-returnsdime

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