is the Wendt Family professor of political science at Stanford University, and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution. His research focuses on public opinion and elections. He has written or edited ten books, including Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America (three editions), which has been noted in approximately 400 print and electronic outlets. His latest book is Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in the United States (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009). Fiorina has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.

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