Geopolitics is defined as the interrelationship of politics, economics, demographics and geography, and can influence not only elections, but delineate new political power centers and political strategies. Regional groupings of states that are organized around cultural and demographic similarities as well as geography can provide important ways of approaching U.S. politics. …
Traditional Census regions — the Northeast, Midwest, South and West — don’t fully align with today’s political divisions, and the well-known red/blue state classification lacks geographic references. A new scheme is needed that hews closer to the socio-political differences among the states while retaining enough geographic unity to qualify as a “geopolitical” framework or lens for making sense of the nation. CONT.
V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup