Who Chooses to be a Partisan Warrior: Evidence from Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Confirmation

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Brief Overview

This paper uses the unique case of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court to disentangle partisanship and ideological polarization and examine the determinants of partisan behavior in the United States Senate.

Author

• Jeremy Gelman, University of Nevada, Reno