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ELITE POLARIZATION

ELITE POLARIZATION. MASS POLARIZATION. 2010 HOUSE ELECTIONS BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. ELITE POLARIZATION And Inequality.

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ELITE POLARIZATION

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  1. ELITE POLARIZATION

  2. MASS POLARIZATION

  3. 2010 HOUSE ELECTIONS BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

  4. ELITE POLARIZATIONAnd Inequality

  5. What we know so far1. Elite Polarization has been increasing.a. Movement away from the Centerb. Rigid Personalitiesc. Increase in non-rationality (reality distortion)

  6. 2. Mass Public a. Partisans have polarized b. Sorting has increased • Information tends to be correlated with strength of Partisanship • Extreme partisans can become delusional • Information is very low • Unclear whether Independents have coherent beliefs

  7. Inequality • 1. Declined From 1913 into the 1970s • a. Higher Income and Estate Taxes • b. The Depression followed by WWII • c. Tight Regulation of Banking and Finance • d. The “Stickiness of American Political Institutions

  8. Increased from late 1970s until now. Likely causes: • a. Lower Income and Estate Taxes; • b. Deregulation of Banking & Finance; • c. Increasing Returns to Education (globalization, high technology); • d. Increasing Immigration that is primarily Low skilled; • e. Decline of Industrial Unions.

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