PSCI 3041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cloture, Lyndon B. Johnson, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship
28 Feb 2019
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Oftentimes, a person"s political identification does not change. Social identity theory means you don"t like the other party no matter what and have an overall negative attitude towards them. Elite polarization is the type of polarization that causes the masses to polarize. The party elites show they do not like the other party by showing where their party identification stands on all issues. It is factual that polarization brings legislation to a grinding halt, creates instability, and causes overall congressional approval to decrease. Intra- branch conflict between the house and senate causes gridlock in washington, often via an increase in filibusters by the minority party. Therefore, the ratio of bills proposed to bills passed continuously shrinks as polarization increases. Cloture is a vote that ends a filibuster so a bill can actually be voted on. There has been a rise in filibusters, so clotures have risen as well. The filibuster is the most abused system in.
