Two Types of Legislative Conflict: Norm Breaking versus Party Polarization

• In Event: Congress and Norms: Fresh Perspectives in an Age of Conflict

Brief Overview

The research tests whether uncivil member of Congress are ideologues who disproportionately feed party system polarization. In other words, are individuals implicated in norm-breaking activities more extreme in their voting behavior?

Author

• Scot Schraufnagel, Northern Illinois University