Sunday, November 1, 2015

When one can't argue the facts, one complains about the sources.


 Conservatives don't like fact checking sites because conservatives don't believe in facts.


Political Scientist: Republicans Most Conservative They've Been In 100 Years

 Keith Poole of the University of Georgia, with his collaborator Howard Rosenthal of New York University, has spent decades charting the ideological shifts and polarization of the political parties in Congress from the 18th century until now to get the view of how the political landscape has changed from 30,000 feet up. What they have found is that the Republican Party is the most conservative it has been a century.

 

 This graph shows the ideological movement for both parties in the House. Note the steady shift towards conservatism among Republicans.

 

 http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/04/10/150349438/gops-rightward-shift-higher-polarization-fills-political-scientist-with-dread

 

 

 

 

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