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

doi:10.7249/RR896

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DOI	10.7249/RR896
报告编号	RR-896-RC
	Are Changing Constituencies Driving Rising Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives?
	Jesse Sussell; James A. Thomson
	2015
出版年	2015
页数	62
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	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. We find support for both hypotheses and estimate that long-term geographical clustering of voters is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the increase in polarization in the House between the 93rd and 112th Congresses. An important ancillary finding is that the within-district percentage of adults who are married dwarfs other socioeconomic variables — including those measuring race, education, income, and urbanicity — as a predictor of local partisanship, as measured by both the party affiliation of the House representative and the presidential vote share.
英文关键词	United States Alumni Demography RAND-initiated Regression Analysis Democracy
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4036
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jesse Sussell,James A. Thomson. Are Changing Constituencies Driving Rising Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives?:RAND Corporation,2015.