TPT Guest Bill Bishop in Today’s Washington Post
Today’s Washington Post has an article, “A New Political Geography,” about shifting demographic patterns and how they affect the electoral map for the presidential race this fall. The article is well worth reading, and includes a quote from Bill Bishop, author of “The Big Sort” and a guest on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY on May 28, 2008.
Bishop talks about the increasing trend towards geographical clustering that he describes in detail in “The Big Sort:”
“Democratic areas are sopping up people with BA degrees; Republican areas are sopping up white people without degrees. Church membership is declining in Democratic areas and increasing in red counties,” said Bill Bishop, author of “The Big Sort.” “There are all these things telling people they should be around people like themselves. And every four years, this has political consequences.”