Summary Of Red State Poor State Blue State By Andrew Gelman

Andrew Gelman and his co-authors know what they are talking about when it comes to politics. They all have written numerous articles and papers on subjects revolving around politics. Especially Andrew Gelman he has won multiple awards on his articles. He went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then he went on to study at Harvard University. He now teaches statistics and political science at Columbia University. He is very well educated when it comes to politics and therefore knows what he is talking about when it comes to his book.
In the book Red State Poor State Rich State Blue State by Andrew Gelman he first starts out with a paradox which is wealthy states vote Democratic and wealthy voters vote Republican. His book points out

Andrew Gelman splits the book into three sections each part explains the paradox in even more detail. Part one of the book discusses how the Republican and Democratic Party have changed throughout the years. It explains how the voting patterns between democrats and republicans are changing and how pundits on both sides are puzzled. Gelman lets us know which states have higher income and if income is a high predictor of votes in that state. He informs the reader about which party does better every year. In part two it gives more information on the paradox and talks about it in geographical and historically detail more so than it did before. Readers also learn more on why wealthy voters vote for republicans and the wealthy states vote for democrats. Part two mainly focuses on the numerous differences between rich and poor, voters and states. It further explains how voters and states

He does a good job with not using too many graphs and mathematical equations throughout his book. The book is interesting; it keeps the reader captivated because of the informative political statistics. I don’t agree with everything that was discussed throughout the book. I feel like Gelman is biased towards the republicans because there were more facts about republicans than democrats. Besides that he does a good job explaining all the political views. He really takes the time to explain all of his thoughts thoroughly. He makes sure to give plenty of examples throughout the book. He even quotes politicians and he explains whether what they said is right or wrong. By doing this he tackles a number of myths and explains why they are not true. I found it intriguing how he compiles and deciphers his data. I also found it very interesting that republican-leaning states have lower income people and they vote for democrats and wealthier people in democratic-leaning states usually vote for republicans. Andrew Gelman knows how to capture just the right amount of information without giving the reader too much. He is very thoughtful in the way he writes out his explains and