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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Sussell, Jesse (Author), Thomson, James A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, ©2015.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House
Legislators > United States.
Parlementaires > États-Unis.
members of Congress.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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