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The Christian Science Monitor
Thursday, March 13, 2008
As the presidential campaign intensifies, The Christian Science Monitor announces the launch of Patchwork Nation (http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/), a new election 2008 site that offers a fresh approach to covering politics. Funded by the Knight Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic organization based in Miami, Florida, the new website replaces the conventional red-state blue-state maps with one that examines the election through the lens of 11 different types of communities around the country.
Former Christian Science Monitor political columnist Dante Chinni is project director and lead correspondent for Patchwork Nation. He says the election 2008 site offers a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the electorate. "The red-state blue-state breakdown of political opinion is inherently flawed because it doesn't explain what underpins voters' decisions," says Chinni. "That's what this new website will explore in real time during the presidential campaign."
Chinni and The Christian Science Monitor, with the help of University of Maryland government professor James Gimpel, have identified 11 U.S. towns and cities that represent the 11 distinct types of voter communities: Monied 'Burbs, Minority Central, Evangelical Epicenters, Tractor Country, Campus and Careers, Immigration Nation, Industrial Metropolis, Boom Towns, Service Worker Centers, Emptying Nests, and Military Bastions.
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Filed under: Patchwork Nation Christian Science Monitor Dante Chinni election demographics
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