A combined social science/journalism effort based at The George Washington University’s School of Media & Public Affairs, the American Communities Project uses a vast array of data – from election results and economic numbers to consumer survey and polling – to break communities into different types for analysis. The primary point: Even in the age of the Web, people in different places experience the world very differently.
Lara Putnam is UCIS Research Professor and Chair in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh. She is active in grassroots political organizing in southwest Pennsylvania.
Gabriel Perez-Putnam brings experience in data analysis and modeling from his work in antitrust consulting. His academic background is in engineering and economics, with a focus on human interactions with the built environment.
The left-to-center grassroots have become an electoral force to be reckoned with. The American Communities Project shares some numbers behind the movement.
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The left-to-center grassroots have become an electoral force to be reckoned with. The American Communities Project shares some numbers behind the movement.
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