US: Pew Research Center analysis finds that Democrats and Republicans in Congress are now farther apart ideologically than at any time in the past 50 years. Republicans have moved further to the right than Democrats have to the left.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/ #PewResearch

The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades

On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.

Pew Research Center

US: On average, Congress has become more conservative over the past five decades, according to #PewResearch analysis.

50 years ago in the House, 144 Republicans were less conservative than the most conservative Democrat, and 52 Dems were less liberal than the most liberal Repub. Since 2002, there’s been no overlap at all between the least liberal Democrats and the least conservative Republicans.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/ @politicalscience

The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades

On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.

Pew Research Center
@conradhackett @politicalscience hmm. 2 things come to mind. I am always suspicious of charts 1. What does this represent? Votes that they have made that are conservative or political party? 2. If in fact this data is valid, is this a trend in older established democratic republics? Do they all trend conservative as the nation ages the same as people tend to become more conservative as they age? That would be an interesting find