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This article discusses the proposition that the western US is politically distinctive in terms of public postures toward politics & society. Using telephone survey data gathered for marketing purposes, the essay focuses on major cities in the West compared to major cities in other regions of the US. The variables studied are social trust, self-esteem, & liberalism. The possibility of distinctions between regions is also examined, specifically between the Pacific & Rocky Mountain states. Support for the bicoastal liberalism thesis is found, as well as support for the notion that self-esteem is high in the Rocky Mountain region. However, overall the West is less different than is sometimes believed & it may be more accurate to conceptualize the West as two distinct cultural regions. 5 Tables, 28 References. R. Whyte

This study investigates the proposition that residents of the cities of Canada & the US differ in their political cultures. Methods. The analysis employs aggregated individual-level data on social trust, self-esteem, & liberalism provided to the authors after being aggregated at the city level & in subgroups of the population in each city (7 in Canada, 47 in the US). Results. There are significant differences in the levels of social trust expressed by the citizens of the cities of the two countries, with Canadians expressing the greater trust, but no significant differences on self-esteem & liberalism. When clustering cities using all three values, five of the Canadian cities group in a single cluster shared with no US cities. Generational effects emerge in the cross-national comparison of self-esteem & liberalism. Conclusions. On the basis of these city-level aggregated individual data, there remain significant differences between the cultures of Canada & the US. Moreover, little evidence suggests that the cultures of the two countries will become closer as the result of generational replacement. 4 Tables, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.