POLI 102G The Polarization of American Politics
16 January 2007

1. Recall: Political Polarization can be:
   
   
   1. Political Party Polarization: Currently, No Question about this!
      
      
   2. Elite Polarization: Currently, No Question about this!
      
      
   3. Mass Polarization: Unclear, Fiorina vs. Jacobson (Issues vs. Partisan??)
      
      
2. Chapter One Polarized America
   
   Figure 1.1 Polarized America
   
   
   How the Gini Index is Computed From the Income Distribution
   
   
   Figure 1.2 Polarized America
   
   
   Wealth Held by Top 1%: 1922-1998
   Real Per Capita GDP 1929 - 2005
   Yearly Change in Real Per Capita GDP 1929 - 2005
   Unemployment (Yearly): 1929 - 2006
   Unemployment (Monthly): 1948 - 2006
   Inflation: 1914 - 2006
   Union Membership: 1930 - 2006
   
   
   Figure 1.3 Polarized America
   
   
3. Chapter Two Polarized America: Constructing Ideological Maps
   
   
4. Measuring Political Polarization