Talk:Divided government

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[edit] Effects of Divided Government

David Mayhew's article, 'Divided We Govern,' as well as Sarah Binder's Article, 'The Dynamics of Legislative Gridlock,' both refute the notion that divided governments have a difficult time producing legislation. Mayhew's article shows that legislative productivity (absolute # of important and landmark bills passed) remains unchanged through periods of divided vs periods of unified government. Binder's article shows that there are many factors beyond divided government which are far more meaningful in predicting legislative gridlock (legislative polarization being the most important). Anyway, I do not have time at the moment to flesh out this article, but I wanted to leave this note so I (or someone else) can fix the problem and flesh out this article.

[edit] table reference

from the book "The challenge of democracy" (brief edition) Huff 3rd edition Janda/Berry/Goldman (1998) pp 234-235. Houghton Mifflin Comapany