We ask whether partisan polarization on economic issues has increased over time among political elites. Based on survey results of party delegates to the national conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties in 1992, 2000 and 2008, we construct various measures of consensus. The surveys ask delegates whether they agree, agree with proviso or disagree with a number of economic propositions. For propositions common in all three time periods, we compare the level of consensus within and between the two political parties. Our results suggest a divergence of opinion between Republican and Democratic delegations from 2000 to 2009. This divergence of opinion is due to an increase in the level of consensus among Republicans from 2000 to 2009 but mitigated by a decrease in the level of consensus among Democrats from 1992 to 2000. While we confirm diverging opinions between 2000 and 2009, we also find that the 2009 survey results mirror some of the results from 1992, suggesting that the current polarization is not historically unique with respect to economic issues.