Democrats and Republicans live apart from each other, even in the same city, right down to the neighborhood, raising questions about how closely lifestyle preferences have become aligned with politics and how neighbors may influence one another. nyti.ms/3lr4i2O
Nearly all American voters live in communities where they are less likely to encounter people with opposing politics. New research shows that, over the past decade, this partisan segregation has been growing more pronounced. nyti.ms/3lr4i2O 
These maps show Democrats and Republicans can live in very different places, even within the same city, in ways that are not fully explained by racial segregation or simple urban/rural divides that are evident in aggregated election results. nyti.ms/3lr4i2O
This growing residential separation doesn’t necessarily mean that partisans are searching out cities — or neighborhoods, or even individual streets — where neighbors are like-minded. Several forces have been pushing them apart. nyti.ms/3lr4i2O
Read more about the way factors including education, race, lifestyle preferences, and housing may influence where Americans live and how they might vote, with analysis by @emilymbadger, @KevinQ and @jshkatz. nyti.ms/3lr4i2O
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