Polarisation

23/11/2018 35 min
Polarisation

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Episode Synopsis

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/

Image: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil

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