A summary of the one-hour presentation, which included supporting data from decades past through recent years: There has been so much Congress-bashing for so long in our national discourse that there has been some forgetting about what makes a representative assembly important and valuable. 1/ - ThreadSky

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ispsyale.bsky.social • 45 days ago

A summary of the one-hour presentation, which included supporting data from decades past through recent years:

There has been so much Congress-bashing for so long in our national discourse that there has been some forgetting about what makes a representative assembly important and valuable. 1/

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ispsyale.bsky.social•45 days ago

Although Congress is usually presented as unrelentingly polarized, I will argue that coping with conflict is one of Congress’s greatest strengths. The composition of Congress reflects overall party strength in the national electorate surprisingly well. 2/

service-worker.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’ll give you this one, the composition of congress does reflect overall party strength in the national electorate surprisingly well

ispsyale.bsky.social•45 days ago

The institution operates according to procedures that are respectful and inclusive of political differences. Furthermore, enacting coalitions are dominantly large and bipartisan, both generally and on important legislation. 3/

ispsyale.bsky.social•45 days ago

Even in the polarized contemporary era, coalition leaders usually win passage of their proposals by backing down from controversial provisions and otherwise coopting or logrolling support from the minority party. 4/

ispsyale.bsky.social•45 days ago

The upshot is that public confidence in Congress is much less party polarized than public confidence in the executive branch. /end

service-worker.bsky.social•45 days ago

“At least we’re not as bad as the executive branch” is not the upshot you think it is

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