Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values

Party platforms differ sharply from one another, especially on issues with religious content, such as abortion or gay marriage. Religious extremism in the U.S. appears to be strategically targeted to win elections, since party platforms diverge significantly, while policy outcomes like abortion rate...

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Authors: Glaeser, Edward L. 1967- (Author) ; Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M. (Author) ; Shapiro, Jesse M. (Author)
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research (Other)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Mass Oxford Univ. Press October 2004
In: The quarterly journal of economics
Year: 2004
Series/Journal:NBER working paper series no. w10835
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