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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Polarized Public | |
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| The Debate: Elite versus Mass Polarization | |
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| Evidence for Mass Polarization: The Case of Health Care Reform | |
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| Constraint and Polarization | |
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| Explaining the Rise of Mass Polarization | |
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| The Racial Divide | |
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| The Racial Divide in 2008 | |
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| The Racial Transformation of the American Party System | |
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| The Rise of the Nonwhite Electorate | |
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| Race and the Rise of Polarization | |
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| The Racial Divide and Ideological Polarization | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Ideological Divide | |
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| Ideological Realignment and the Demise of the New Deal Party System | |
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| The Rise of Ideological Polarization | |
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| Sorting versus Polarization | |
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| Issue Constraint and Polarization | |
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| Political Engagement, Constraint, and Polarization: Evidence from 2010 | |
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| Polarized Positions or Polarized Choices? | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Cultural Divide | |
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| Explaining the Religious Divide: The Rise of Abortion as a Political Issue | |
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| Cultural Issues in 2008: Abortion and Gay Rights | |
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| Growing Consistency between Cultural and Economic Issues | |
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| Cultural Issues, Economic Issues, and Party Identification | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Geographic Divide | |
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| Explaining the Red-Blue Divide | |
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| The Red-Blue Divide and Presidential Elections | |
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| The Growing Red-Blue Divide in the Senate | |
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| The Growing Red-Blue Divide in the House of Representatives | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Polarized Public and the Rise of the Tea Party Movement | |
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| Brewing the Tea: The Growth of the Conservative Republican Base, 1972-2008 | |
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| Drinking the Tea: Analyzing Public Support for the Tea Party Movement in 2010 | |
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| Explaining Tea Party Support: A Multivariate Analysis | |
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| Tea Party Support and Political Activism | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Polarization Continues: The 2012 Elections and Beyond | |
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| The Outlook for 2012: The Republican Presidential Nomination | |
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| The Outlook for 2012: The Presidential Election | |
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| The Outlook for 2012: The House of Representatives | |
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| The Outlook for 2012: The Senate | |
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| Beyond 2012: Governing in an Age of Polarization | |
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| Index | |