#Polarization

Paul R. DeHart

PaulRDeHart

It's common today to speak of partisan polarization as reflecting societal/voter polarization. Morris Fiorina argues that the two main parties, activists, and donors are polarized but voter preferences (or public

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

I used to be a big proponent of “asymmetrical polarization” — the idea that Republicans have gone right faster than Democrats have gone left — and I still see people

Equity Scientist 🦋

BmoreDoc

You're hearing a lot of talk about how America is "divided."This is too sloppy and too simplistic. America is racially segregated. It has a long history of sundown towns, racial

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

One argument I make in “Why We’re Polarized” is that the alternative to polarization often isn’t agreement, or compromise. It’s suppression. One way polarization can be healthy is it creates

Kevin Dorst

kevin_dorst

Finally got the chance to read @RobertTalisse's "Overdoing Democracy." It's a good book! Quick summary, and a couple thoughts:The cool political-philosophy move is the point that insofar as we need

Mark Marley

astromarkmarley

Want to flag our new paper led by Rebecca Jensen-Clem and Max Millar-Blanchaer and colleagues on brown dwarf polarization with remarkable detection limits.https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AJ....160..286J/abstract Excerpt from Table 4 w

Josh Huder

joshHuder

Good thread and article but one thing I disagree with is inherently linking partisanship *and* gridlock. They aren't innate companions. Congress can be more polarized & less gridlocked, & vice

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

the oil spill model is actually a really good example of why keeping mostly apolitical hobbies and cultural things from becoming utterly politicized is necessaryhttps://twitter.com/deaneckles/status/1327989986575040513 https://twitter.com/d

Dr. Michael Bitzer

BowTiePolitics

1/The continued news about a certain MOC from GA generates a lot of "oh my well that's just so wrong"But an article (h/t @whitneymnz) from 2020 seems to show acceptance

Lilliana Mason

LilyMasonPhD

The fact that most GOP leaders don't condemn any of this means that we don't have a polarization problem, we have a democracy problem. I study polarization and I'm increasingly

Sean T at RCP

SeanTrende

My hot takes on contemporary Twitter discussions:(1) I think Trump is likely to lose. Maybe 1-in-5 chance he wins(?)(2) I don't think the 1988 example is terribly apposite; that was

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

For those asking, I underestimated Trump and I overestimated Republicans, although I'm glad to see that they've finally come around. If anyone is interested in engaging in good faith, this

Free Northerner

FreeNortherner

Reading @slatestarcodex's newest piece on @ezraklein's book on polarization, they miss the most obvious cause of polarization: that America is two* distinct nations with differing values ruled by the same

Will Wilkinson 🌐

willwilkinson

Here's what I'm embarrassed by, pundit-wise. I didn't take my own research on the correlation between population density and party vote share seriously enough.https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-density-divide-urbanization-polari

Jeff Jedras

jeffjedras

I have watched the government statements and press conferences and all the information Mr. O'Toole is calling secret has been publicly provided again and again. Maybe someone can put it

Ludovicus Rex 🇨🇦🇻🇦

luisdizon

The political polarization that is taking place right now in the western world (not just the USA, but many other countries as well) is becoming very worrying to me. I

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