Who Fits the Left-Right Divide? Partisan Polarization in the American Electorate

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1631-1653

  Carmines, Edward G ^a   Ensley, Michael J ^b   Wagner, Michael W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ideology; polarization; political parties; public opinion; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868636669     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212463353     Document Type: Article

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