Comment la gentrification transforme la géographie électorale des Etats-Unis, favorisant surtout le vote démocrate
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/opinion/the-gentrification-effect.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-sh
“The nation’s urban centers are changing rapidly. Blacks are moving out, into the suburbs or to other regions of the country. Poverty is spreading from the urban core to the inner suburbs. White flight has slowed and in some cases reversed. Nationally, Hispanics have displaced blacks as the dominant urban minority.
The political impact of these changes is primarily being felt within the Democratic Party, where the balance of power is shifting.”
“Over time, blacks stand to lose leverage. Cities have been a crucial base of power for African-American politicians. Insofar as the black population becomes diffuse, black leaders will have to grapple with a decline in black-majority districts, especially city council districts, in cities with declining black populations.”
“One of the most striking alterations of the urban landscape is that there are now more poor people, in raw numbers, living in suburbs than in cities.”
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