Bob Dole Says the Republican Party Is Way More Conservative Than It Was Even 20 Years Ago. He’s Right.
So, is Dole, his party’s presidential nominee in 1996, right?
To answer that, you first need to understand the idea of “asymmetric polarization” — a fancy way of saying that while both parties have moved closer to their respective ideological poles in recent year, the Republican pole is far further to the right than the Democratic pole.