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The Partisan Sort : How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans - Matthew Levendusky

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The Partisan Sort

How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans

By: Matthew Levendusky

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Paperback | 15 December 2009 | Edition Number 1

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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 trendâ"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 parties.

In a marked realignment since the 1970sâ"when partisan affiliation did not depend on ideology and both major parties had strong liberal and conservative factionsâ"liberals today overwhelmingly identify with Democrats, as conservatives do with Republicans. This âsorting,â Levendusky contends, results directly from the increasingly polarized terms in which political leaders define their parties. Exploring its far-reaching implications for the American political landscape, he demonstrates that sorting makes voters more loyally partisan, allowing campaigns to focus more attention on mobilizing committed supporters. Ultimately, Levendusky concludes, this new link between party and ideology represents a sea change in American politics.

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"The Partisan Sort is a very impressive contribution to a couple of highly contested contemporary debates in American politics. Matthew Levendusky offers a compelling explanation of why American voters increasingly align themselves with the 'correct' political party - liberals with Democrats and conservatives with Republicans - and fruitfully draws out the potential implications of this development." - Jeff Manza, New York University"

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Political Parties Political Ideologies & Movements Political Structure & Processes Elections & Referenda Miscellaneous Items History Central Government

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The Transformation of the American Electorate	p. 1
Why Voters Sort	p. 12
Have Voters Sorted?	p. 38
Testing Competing Explanations for Sorting	p. 78
Untangling the Causes of Sorting	p. 97
How Voters Sort	p. 109
The Impact of the Sorted	p. 120
Appendix Data Used	p. 143
Notes	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 181
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