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 (Author), Thomson, James A. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (63 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833088642
0833088645