Jackson is the most politically segregated metro area in the US
The Jackson metro is more politically polarized than any other large urban area in the country, a new analysis finds.
Research by FiveThirtyEight, a politics and data news site, found the capital city's political segregation — Democrats living next to Democrats, Republicans by Republicans — is more pronounced than any other major city. The website used 2016 election results to determine its rankings.
Nine of the top-10 most politically polarized are in the South. Politically segregated cities tended to have higher proportions of black residents. (See ranking at bottom of story.)
Political experts frequently highlight the country's growing urban-rural political divide. But the FiveThirtyEight analysis shows how cities and their adjoining suburban areas tend to be highly divided, too.
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