There has been some recent speculation about segregation between political parties throughout the nation (i.e., Republicans or Democrats being found in the same neighborhoods,) Many hypothesize that migration effects political criteria, and therefore creates one-sided neighborhoods. To prove this hypothesis, this study mapped migration patters of 2008 voters to voting booths, organizing them by political party.
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To determine why these patterns occur, the study also analyzed factors in the decisions of these migration patterns. This information yielded that "partisans relocate based on destination characteristics such as racial composition, income, and population density but additionally prefer to relocate in areas populated with copartisans."
Tam Cho, W. K., Gimpel, J. G., & Hui, I. S. (2013). Voter migration and the geographic sorting of the American electorate. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103(4), 856-870.
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