The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans

by Matthew Levendusky

Book Overview

As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over the past few decades, did ordinary Americans follow their lead? In The Partisan Sort, Matthew Levendusky reveals that we have responded to this trend--but not, for the most part, by becoming more extreme ourselves. While polarization has filtered down to a small minority of voters, it also has had the more significant effect of reconfiguring the way we sort ourselves into political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226473651
• ISBN13: 9780226473659
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"