Party polarization in the US Congress

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-503

  Theriault, Sean M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Democrats; Member adaptation; Member replacement; Party polarization; Republicans; US Congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745315604     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806064730     Document Type: Article

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