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Partisan responsiveness in the US House of Representatives, 1997-2005 McAndrews, John R
Abstract
In this paper, I develop and test a new theory of partisan responsiveness. The theory suggests that members of Congress will be most responsive to the average same-party voter compared with the average voter on high polarization-low salience issues and most responsive to the average voter compared with the average same-party voter on low polarization-high salience issues. I test these predictions on four issues - free trade, the Patriot Act, taxes and abortion - using the 2000 and 2004 National Annenberg Election Surveys. The results offer only partial support for the theory.
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Partisan responsiveness in the US House of Representatives, 1997-2005
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University of British Columbia
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2007
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In this paper, I develop and test a new theory of partisan responsiveness. The theory
suggests that members of Congress will be most responsive to the average same-party
voter compared with the average voter on high polarization-low salience issues and most
responsive to the average voter compared with the average same-party voter on low
polarization-high salience issues. I test these predictions on four issues - free trade, the
Patriot Act, taxes and abortion - using the 2000 and 2004 National Annenberg Election
Surveys. The results offer only partial support for the theory.
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eng
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2011-02-22
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0100805
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University of British Columbia
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Graduate
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