American Political Party Polarization: The 2016 Presidential Election Cycle in Comparison

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, Walter
dc.contributor.authorRobichaux, Ragan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRomero, David
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGervais, Bryan
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T19:51:15Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T19:51:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionThis item is available only to currently enrolled UTSA students, faculty or staff. To download, navigate to Log In in the top right-hand corner of this screen, then select Log in with my UTSA ID.
dc.description.abstractBy building off established theories and literature, this paper employs an exploratory quantitative methodological approach to analyze the current level of political party platform polarization. The scope of this research focuses on the two main political parties of the United States (Republican and Democratic), and uses proportion-based content analysis to code the party platforms in order to place both parties on the same ideological scale. By placing the parties on the same ideological scale, the level of polarization will be determined and used in comparison to answer whether the 2016 Republican and Democratic Parties are more polarized than the Republican and Democratic Parties of 1964, 1976, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2012. The research question being addressed is whether the current levels of political party polarization are higher in 2016 than the previous half-century. Lastly, the main argument will be formed around the data produced comparing the polarization between the 2016 party platforms against each of the case studies.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science and Geography
dc.format.extent51 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9780355167238
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/5119
dc.languageen
dc.subject2016 Election
dc.subjectContent Analysis
dc.subjectDonald Trump
dc.subjectHillary Clinton
dc.subjectPolitical Party
dc.subjectPolitical Polarization
dc.subject.classificationPolitical science
dc.subject.classificationAmerican studies
dc.titleAmerican Political Party Polarization: The 2016 Presidential Election Cycle in Comparison
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thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science and Geography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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