Morris Fiorina On Why Political Parties Have Polarized

Published: April 15, 2019

As a result of ideological sorting, political parties are far more polarized today than they were before. Democrats have shed their conservative wing and Republicans have shed their liberal wing. Majority control of Congress continues to flip back and forth because each party is polarized, responds to their political base, and alienates moderates and independents in the middle.

Additional Resources

• Read “Unstable Majorities: Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate” by Morris Fiorina, available here.
• Watch “Unstable Majorities with Morris P. Fiorina” here.
• Read “An Era of Tenuous Majorities” by Morris P. Fiorina, available here. 
• Read "Has The American Public Polarized?" by Morris P. Fiorina, available here. 
• Read “The Political Parties Have Sorted by Morris Fiorina,” available here.
• Read “Party Sorting and Democratic Politics” by Morris Fiorina, available here. 
• Read “The Temptation To Overreach” by Morris P. Fiorina, available here.