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America’s New Swing Region

No longer should the Mountain West region be considered a reliably conservative and Republican area; it is now the new swing region of the country, writes Ruy Teixeira.

The U.S. is experiencing a period of rapid demographic change. Nowhere is the speed of change more rapid than in the Mountain West, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

The above excerpt was originally published in National Journal. Click here to view the full article.

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Ruy Teixeira

Former Senior Fellow

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