Date of Award
Spring 2013
Document Type
Masters Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S. in Geographic Information Science
Organizational Unit
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Geography and the Environment
Keywords
Changing political color of Colorado, Demographic variables, Age, Education, Income, Gender, Hispanic population growth, Voting behavior, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Abstract
This research will address the individual relationships between five demographic variables and the changing political color of Colorado (from a “red” state to a “blue” state). The variables addressed are age, education, income, gender, and the Hispanic[1] population growth. Building on recent literature reviews for Colorado’s political trends, I will attempt to show the relationships of the five variables and voting behavior. This data will then be statistically analyzed through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to determine what relationship strength, weak or strong, exists between the demographic variables. My goal for this research is to determine which of the five variables has the strongest, positive relationship to the changing political color of Colorado.
Copyright Date
2013
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Leslie Forbes
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
42 pgs
File Size
4.2 MB
Recommended Citation
Forbes, Leslie, "Colorful Colorado: The Relationship Between Demographics and the Changing Political Color of Colorado" (2013). Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones. 37.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/geog_ms_capstone/37