UNITED STATES: Polarised politics hurts reform efforts

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In this article

  • Polarisation causes
  • Public profile
  • Money politics
  • Redistricting
  • Fewer moderates
  • Uncompetitive elections
  • Earlier polarisation
  • Late-19th-century partisanship
  • Key redistricting role
  • Policy implications
  • Obama agenda implications
  • Ideological conformity
  • House-Senate tensions
  • Politics trumps policy

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