In the field of political science, many researchers seek to explain why certain events occur based on politics and people's relationship to it. In Fenced Off: The Suburbanization of American Politics Juliet Gainsborough argues that people who live in suburbia identify and vote with the Republican Party. Gainsborough relates suburban political concerns and behaviors with those of the city. In the first four chapters of the book Gainsborough seeks to lay out the thesis and …showed first 75 words of 2180 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2180 total…suburbs have a tendency to vote Republican. Gainsborough's central idea argues that place directly affects one's political opinions and behaviors. While more research is needed in this field, Gainsborough has taken a giant leap in political science that no one else would dare take. Gainsborough has been able to prove that there is a direct link between politics and suburbia. Gainsborough, Juliet. 2001. Fenced Off: The Suburbanization of American Politics. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.