Fenno’s Paradox During the Polarized Age: How Polarization Lowers the Mass Public’s Assessments of the Congress & Legislators

• In Event: Voter Preferences

Brief Overview

Using original public opinion data dating back to the 1970’s to 2020, we assess whether greater polarization is associated with lower levels, and less variation, of approval for the collective Congress, parties, and legislators.

Authors

• Carlos Andres Algara, Claremont Graduate University

• Byengseon Bae, Claremont Graduate University