Abstract:As the political landscape becomes increasingly complex, the classic paradigms used in political science have failed to remain relevant and other methods of study are needed. We introduce a population dynamics model and a multi-temperature kinetic Ising model to analyze the partisanship dynamics of the US Senate. We use Monte Carlo simulations, mean field theory and numerical analysis of the master equation of a system of 100 senators (agents) separated into various categories based on their political leanings… Show more
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