Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Department
Political Science
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Kentucky occupies a unique place on the American political landscape. The Commonwealth has never been fully embraced as Southern by most observers, but at the same time it is not necessarily a Northern state. As the intersection of North and South in the United States, Kentucky presents a unique opportunity to study the impact of regional identity on public opinion. Utilizing data from a 2014 survey of a random sample of Kentucky residents, we are able to demonstrate that Southern regional identification is fairly high in Kentucky, and that this identification has a significant influence on opinion regard politicians and policy preferences in Kentucky.
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Joel Turner
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
BInnix, Erika, "The Great Divide: The Political Implications of Southern Regional Identification in Kentucky" (2016). Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 635.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/635