Friday, February 19, 2010

The 2009 California Senate

Not looking a whole lot less polarized than the Assembly:

Although I guess there are three senators who would qualify as moderates.  One of them is trying to become lieutenant governor.
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4 comments:

  1. dick wintersFebruary 19, 2010 at 10:59 AM

    Seth,

    who is the lower left R and what characterizes his/her behavior?

    dick winters

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  2. Seth MasketFebruary 19, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    That would be Senator Typo (R-Whoops). Thanks for catching that. It was actually Patricia Wiggins, who is, in fact, a Democrat. I've fixed the chart.

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  3. bshorFebruary 19, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Without bridging, you can't compare Senate and Assembly polarization...

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  4. Seth MasketFebruary 19, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    Yes, true, but the overall pattern in the state Senate looks a lot more like that of the Assembly than it looks like, say, the 1969 U.S. Senate.

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