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Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates

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Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates - Thomsen, Danielle M
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This book provides a candidate entry explanation for partisan polarization in Congress. Danielle M. Thomsen draws on quantitative data to show that ideological moderates are less likely to run for and remain in Congress than those at the extremes. The book introduces a party fit argument for why moderates have opted out of congressional politics. It suggests that the personal and professional benefits of congressional service have diminished for liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats as the parties have drifted ...

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Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates 2018, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781316635032

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Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates 2017, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107183674

Hardcover