Aufsatz(elektronisch)1. Januar 2015
Congressional Polarization and Political Trust
In: The Forum: a journal of applied research in contemporary politics, Band 13, Heft 3
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Abstract
AbstractAmericans have become less trusting of their federal government since the late 1950s. Most accounts of trust in government are based upon the performance of the economy. I argue that two additional factors are essential for understanding the sharp fall in trust in government in recent years: the level of partisan polarization in the Congress (as reflected in the ideological distance between the parties on roll calls) and the inability of Congress to enact legislation (gridlock).
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