(Based on data from the 111th Congress) Law is the most popular degree at the Capitol Hill (it has been the case for a long time). Nearly 52% of the senators, and 36% of congressional representatives have a degree in law. There are some differences across parties and across houses,

By now, students of American Politics have all become accustomed to seeing graphs of DW-NOMINATE scores showing ideological polarization in Congress. Here are the equivalent graphs (we assume two dimensions) at the mass level. Data are from the 2004 ANES. Social and Cultural Preferences are from Confirmatory Factor Analysis over

Each election cycle, many hands are waved, and spit is launched in the air when the topic of registration rates of Latinos (and other minorities) comes up. Indeed, the registration rates of Latinos substantially lag those of Whites. In California, the percentage of eligible Latinos who are registered is 62.