Are Changing Constituencies Driving Rising Polarization In The Us House Of Representatives

Download or read book Are Changing Constituencies Driving Rising Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives? written by Jesse Sussell and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.