f r e d k i p t e r on Spoutible

"Each party's House membership into 3rds - most conservative/liberal, middle, least conservative/liberal - w median ideological score for each 3rd. GOP's rightward trend over 40 yrs wasn't isolated to its most conservative members, but a clear shift happened throughout GOP (Senate, similar shifts)

A chart showing that across the board, the House GOP has moved to the right
Median member in each third of the Democratic and Republican parties broken down by ideology based on DW-NOMINATE scores for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1981 to present
DW-NOMINATE measures the ideological views of members of Congress based on their voting records. This chart uses the first dimension, which generally indicates how liberal or conservative a member was, from -1 (most liberal) to 1 (most conservative).
SOURCE: VOTEVIEW

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

lot of good stuff...except ignore the headline, try this:
"Congressional Parties Are Farther Apart Than Ever"

DW-NOMINATE, a metric from VoteView.com (since 1993!) measures how liberal or conservative members' voting records are, clearly shows the gulf between the parties has widened tremendously

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The far right claims there's a 'uniparty' in Washington. Reality suggests otherwise.