The Rural-Urban Divide In Congress

• In Event: The Democratic Party and Questions of Representation in American Politics

Brief Overview

We trace how rural and urban districts and members have (and have not) diverged in recent decades, including how these trends might have contributed to polarization in the US Congress.

Authors

• Trevor Brown, Cornell University

• Danielle Thomsen, University of California-Irvine

• Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University