The Electoral Origins of Polarized Politics: Evidence From the 2010 Cooperative Congressional Election Study

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1612-1630

  Jacobson, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; elections; ideology; partisanship; polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868655360     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212463352     Document Type: Article

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