Parties, Polarization and Democracy in the United States
Donald C. Baumer
Congressional Quarterly Weekly, April 10, 2006, 965–972; Bob Benenson, “ Playing Defense,” Congressional Quarterly Weekly, April 24, 2006, 1078–1083. 22. See, for example, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, “Deep Red and Blue Congressional Districts: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Party Competitiveness,” in Congress Reconsidered, 8th ed., eds. Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2005), 135–157. 23. Benenson ...