A Socio-Economic, Demographic Analysis of the Border States: Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky

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A Socio-Economic, Demographic Analysis of the
Border States Tennessee, North Carolina,
Virginia, and Kentucky

• Bob Turner

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Political Culture

• Traditionalistic
• VA, TN, NC

• Traditionalistic/Individualistic
• KY

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Hypothesis

• State wealth
• H1a. States with more college graduates have
  higher incomes
• H1b- States with fewer racial minorities have
  higher incomes
• H1c- States with more high tech industry have
  higher incomes
• Crime Policies
• H2a. Traditionalistic states more likely to have
  death penalty higher incarceration rates
• H2b. Poorer states more likely to have death
  penalty, higher incarceration rates

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H1a. Better Educated States Have More High Tech
Economies
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Crime Control Policies

• VA, TN, NC, KY are traditionalistic
• all have death penalty
• All but NC have higher incarceration rates than
  national average
• All but NC ranked in bottom half of states (KY
  29, TN 32, VA 36)