polarization of the electorate into changes in the distribution of voter ideal positions and consequences of elite polarization …

competition over endogenously determined policies induces strategic restraint that reduces polarization and, in turn, wasteful …

Many political commentators diagnose an increasing polarization of the U.S. electorate into two opposing camps. However … position of the median voter does not change. We show that media bias provides a mechanism through which political polarization … electoral outcomes. We show that polarization increases the profitability of slanting news, thereby raising the likelihood of …

This paper suggests that societies exhibiting a large degree of educational polarization among its populace are … polarization and test its predictive power in explaining the likelihood of civil conflict and civil war, analyzing 146 countries … educational polarization is associated with a 4.6 and 3.8 percentage point rise in the chances of civil conflict and civil war …