Are changing constituencies driving rising polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives?

This report addresses two questions: first, whether the spatial distribution of the American electorate has become more geographically clustered over the last 40 years with respect to party voting and socioeconomic attributes; and second, whether this clustering process has contributed to rising pol...

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Main Authors: Sussell, Jesse, Thomson, James A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica RAND Corporation ©2015, 2015
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This report addresses two questions: first, whether the spatial distribution of the American electorate has become more geographically clustered over the last 40 years with respect to party voting and socioeconomic attributes; and second, whether this clustering process has contributed to rising polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives
Physical Description:63 pages color illustrations
ISBN:9780833088628
0833088629