Contemporary Election Policy Polarization in American Legislatures

• In Event: Partisanship, Polarization, and Policy

Brief Overview

Using state and congressional roll-call votes and measures of party voting, I evaluate U.S. election policy polarization from 2008 to 2025 and investigate the role of party, race, and regional cleavages as potential drivers of increased polarization.

Author

• Jess Esplin, University of Wisconsin–Madison