Overview

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, America is often reduced to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom. Looking at the data, they recognized that the country breaks into twelve distinct types of communities, and old categories like soccer mom and working class don't matter as much as we think. These communities include: --Boom Towns --Evangelical Epicenters --Military Bastions --Service Worker Centers --Campus and Careers --Immigration Nation --Minority Central --Tractor Community --Mormon Outposts --Emptying Nests --Industrial Metropolises --Monied Burbs By examining these populations, the authors demonstrate that the subtle distinctions in how Americans vote, invest, shop, and otherwise behave reflect what they experience on their local streets and in their daily lives. Our Patchwork Nation is a brilliant new way to debate and examine the issues that matter most to our communities--and to our nation.

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Since the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, Dante Chinni has been the correspondent for the Patchwork Nation project, which he invented. He has been a journalist for over two decades, serving stints at Newsweek and the Christian Science Monitor. His work has also been published in the Washington Post Magazine, the Economist, the New Republic, and other publications. Dante lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children. James Gimpel is a professor of government at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he has taught since 1992. He has worked on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate, as well as at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Office of Policy Development and Research. He is also the editor of American Politics Research, a scholarly journal specializing in the empirical study of American political behavior and institutions. Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over three hundred audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

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