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Polarization

by John Cole|  June 24, 200512:18 pm| 8 Comments

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Norm Ornstein visits a topic we discussed yesterday, that of the polarization of the House:

There is a lot of talk about political polarization in Congress. But is it true? Well, yes. Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal, social scientists at the University of Houston and Princeton, respectively, used systematic measures of liberalism and conservatism built around government intervention in the economy to chart roll-call votes in Congress. We have adapted their scores to look at the House and Senate in each decade from 1955 to the present. The result? Thirty-three percent of House members were near-pure centrists in 1955; in 2004, just over eight percent fit that category. Thirty-nine senators were centrists in 1955, compared with nine in 2004.

The differences are attributable to the emergence of the permanent campaign, the rise of partisan news media and, most of all, changes in Congressional redistricting. The expansion in the number of

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  1. 1.

    metalgrid

    June 24, 2005 at 12:24 pm

    I still blame the mess of the senate on the 17th amendment.

  2. 2.

    Nash

    June 24, 2005 at 12:39 pm

    I find this thread to be highly polarizing.

  3. 3.

    John Cole

    June 24, 2005 at 12:57 pm

    I find this thread to be highly polarizing.

    This thread has now been declared DOA.

  4. 4.

    Nash

    June 24, 2005 at 1:33 pm

    Sorry about that, John.

    I shot the thread, but I did not shoot the deputy.

  5. 5.

    sidereal

    June 24, 2005 at 4:09 pm

    What we need are more polar elements in Congress. I’m thinking polar bears, penguins, and narwhals mostly.

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    ppgaz

    June 24, 2005 at 4:11 pm

    I’m beside myself.

  7. 7.

    Stormy 70

    June 24, 2005 at 4:35 pm

    You people are my polar opposite.

  8. 8.

    JG

    June 24, 2005 at 5:53 pm

    I like polar bears. Saw a cool HD special on them.

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