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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Sussell, Jesse (Autor), Thomson, James A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, ©2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1: Introduction
  • ch. 2: Is partisan geographic clustering of the American electorate a reality?
  • The big sort: concepts and critiques
  • Re-reconsidering the clustering question
  • ch. 3: Is geographic clustering of voters driving rising polarization in congress?
  • Method 1: The regression discontinuity model
  • Method 2: The rescaling model
  • Method 3: The multistage model
  • Findings
  • ch. 4: Discussion and conclusion
  • Appendix: Notes and technical methods.