In less than one week, American people will have elected their President but also their Congress Members and Senators. Will America elect the 20 percent of women in Congress the 2012 Project is fighting for?
Credit: http://www.visitthecapitol.gov
The Congress' approval rateĀ droppedĀ to a historical low of 10% this year and this is mainly blamed of the extreme partisanship in Congress.
The Congress was not always that polarized, this is a recent trend when looking at the history of partisanship in Congress over the last 220 years.
The following infographic, provided by xkcd, illustrates the idea of how the more extreme part of each side of the aisle grew over the years leading to less bipartisan initiatives.
Photo: Gage Skidmore
"The Conservative Case Against Mitt Romney" may seem like an odd title. Isn't making a conservative case against Mitt Romney the equivalent of squaring the circle?