The Public Policy Consequences of Political Polarization

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The Public Policy Consequences of Political Polarization What We Know So Far

ELITE POLARIZATION

MASS POLARIZATION

Gary Jacobson

2000 Presidential Election Red for Bush, Blue for Gore

2004 Presidential Election Red for Bush, Blue for Kerry

2010 HOUSE ELECTIONS BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

2012 Presidential Election Blue for Obama, Red for Romney

ELITE POLARIZATION And Inequality

What we know so far 1. Elite Polarization has been increasing. a What we know so far 1. Elite Polarization has been increasing. a. Movement away from the Center b. Rigid Personalities c. Increase in non-rationality (reality distortion)

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

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

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.