Author: Thomas E. Mann

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Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.

Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.

- Thomas E. Mann

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.

- Thomas E. Mann

Democrats do best in urban centers, Republicans in outer suburbs and rural areas.

Democrats do best in urban centers, Republicans in outer suburbs and rural areas.

- Thomas E. Mann

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

- Thomas E. Mann

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