A house divided
Subtitle: polarization and its effect on RAND
By: James A. Thomson.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780833049605
Subjects: Rand Corporation; Voting -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Voting -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Elections -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Elections -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Party affiliation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Party affiliation -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Federalists' belief in deliberation; title: Party preference of American voters; title: Ideological classification of voters in 2004; title: The DW-Nominate measure; title: Nominate versus district characteristics, 1973; title: Nominate versus district characteristics, 2003; title: Polarization in 90th, 100th, and 110th Congresses; title: Party polarization, 1879-2007; title: Polarization's effect on public policy; title: Growth of constituency characteristics; title: 1976 U.S. election by county; title: 2008 U.S. election by county; title: U.S. election victory margins in landslide counties, 1948-2004; title: Standard deviation of Republican presidential vote, 1948-2004; title: Dealing with controversy.