Polarisation
24 November 2018
19 October 2024
Brazil, Trump, Brexit. Is it the 1930s all over again? Is shit gonna get real? Are we more polarised than ever before?
Things mentioned in this episode:
Recent Pew Research on polarisation: http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/political-polarization/2018/
Jonathan Wheatley on voter clustering: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-polarisation-of-party-supporters-since-2015/
Poole and Rosenthal’s original paper proposing metrics for polarisation in the US legislature: http://k7moa.com/pdf/Upside_Down-A_Spatial_Model_for_Legislative_Roll_Call_Analysis_1983.pdf
American Interest article proposing causes of polarisation: https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/05/16/the-top-14-causes-of-political-polarization/
Brookings Institute on polarisation: https://www.brookings.edu/research/thinking-about-political-polarization/
YouGov survey of unrepresented views: https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/where-most-fertile-ground-new-party/
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