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Kerry Quinn

In the spring of 2009 I conducted research of voting trends in southeastern Pennsylvania. The research was motivated by the dramatic shift in political loyalties in the counties and Congressional districts surrounding Philadelphia. Several counties that had overwhelmingly supported Republican presidents in the 1980s (i.e. Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush) had become strongly Democratic by the 1990s. Barack Obama's victory in 2008 highlighted an impressive extension of Democratic dominance in the counties and districts of southeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to presidential elections, I also analyzed U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives elections from 1980 to 2008. I used ArcGIS to visually display these voting trends and examined demographic figures from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Census to explain the causes of such dramatic shifts in electoral trends.
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Kerry Quinn

B.S. Urban and Regional Studies 2010

Kerry J. Quinn is a senior in AAP’s Urban and Regional Studies program. The flexibility of the U.R.S. program has enabled him to complete coursework in history, economics, statistics, spatial design, and environmental planning. Kerry has spent the last three summers assisting in the restoration of Philadelphia's historic Memorial Hall initially built for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. He intends to pursue a graduate degree in planning, business, or real estate development. Kerry is president of the Red Key Honor Society and the varsity coxswain on Cornell’s Lightweight Rowing team.