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Kyle Van Rensselaer

@kylevanr.bsky.social

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Wannabe cartographer. PhD candidate at @NYUpolitics. Formerly MIP @fsistanford. he/him kylevanr.com

Kyle Van Rensselaer @kylevanr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

…(e.g. the unincorporated areas of the Mountain West versus townships in the Northeast). Much of the variation is explained by demographic and socioeconomic factors, but local taxes and expenditures also predict the degree of partisan sorting.

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Kyle Van Rensselaer @kylevanr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

…the areas just outside city limits (in both urban and rural environments) are demonstrably more Republican-leaning than neighborhoods on the other side of the border. The gap is largest in regions where places outside cities lack any meaningful provision of public goods…

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Kyle Van Rensselaer @kylevanr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm excited to share 'City Limits and Partisan Sorting', available online at JPIPE! It's cool to see this chapter of my dissertation in print. doi.org/10.1108/JPIP... Using geocoded election results, registered voter data, and city shapefiles in the U.S., I show that…

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City limits and partisan sorting

To what extent does variation in access to local governance explain partisan sorting in the USA? Prior research shows that voters do not sort into neighborhoods based on partisan concerns alone. Howev...

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