Northern Democrats and Party Polarization in the U.S. House

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7329616
AutoresMark D Brewer (0000-0001-6794-8507, Colby College), Mack Mariani (0000-0003-1996-3694, Syracuse University), Mack D Mariani, Jeffrey M Stonecash (0000-0002-8196-4500, Syracuse University)
Ano2002
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas423-444
Data de publicação2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLegislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3162/036298002x200666
OpenAlexW4233414841
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas23

Over the last 25 years, there has been a steady increase in party voting in the U.S. House, with much of this increase attributed to changes in the South. We argue that changes in the North are also important. Democrats now win a higher percentage of elections in the North, and a larger percentage of the congressional party comes from the North. Northern Democrats became steadily more liberal in the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the liberal record of the entire party. We examine two factors in the rise in liberal voting in the North. First, Democrats now win more seats in urban, lower‐income, nonwhite districts that tend to generate liberal voting records. Second, there has been an increase in the number of districts that tend to produce liberal‐voting Democrats. Together, these changes have resulted in more liberal Democratic Party voting and greater polarization between the parties

Democracy · Economics · House of Representatives · Liberal Party · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Split-ticket voting · Straight-ticket voting · Voting · Chemistry · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration