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jfern Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 06:53 PM
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Partisanship was record high in 2004, with 2000 2nd highest
Here's the 2 analyitical partisan indexes I made up

Partisan index 1

Dem % of D voters + GOP % of R voters

1972. 157
1976. 167
1980. 153
1984. 166
1988. 173
1992. 150
1996. 164
2000. 177
2004. 182

Partisan index 2

Dem % of people voting D in congress + GOP % of people voting R in congress

1976. 162
1980. 152
1984. 169
1988. 154
1992. 146
1996. 160
2000. 171
2004. 179


Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20041107_px_ELECTORATE.xls
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