Are Changing Constituencies Driving Rising Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives?

• Hoofdauteur: Sussell, Jesse (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Thomson, James A. (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: RAND Corporation 2015
• Onderwerpen: Probability & statistics; Politics & government; Population & demography; Population Studies; Statistics; Political Science
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...