Charles S Bullock Iii
Biographic Data
| ID | 2422360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles S Bullock Iii |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bullock Iii |
| SIGNATURE | BULLOCK C S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When Experience Fails: The Experience Factor in Congressional Runoffs
Ambition theory identifies political experience as a major correlate of holding higher office. We explore the possibility that under certain conditions, political experience may do little to promote election. Specifically, in runoff primaries experience may not promote a candidate's prospects for nomination. When an experienced candidate, such as a former state legislator, fails to win a majority in the initial primary, it may indicate that any a…
What Is so Special about Special Elections
Party Targeting and Electoral Success
ORVIS, a measure of partisan strength calculated from the precinct-level vote share in previous statewide elections, has been used since 1988 to target Republican efforts in Georgia state legislative contests. The top-down approach implied in the use of this targeting device has paid dividends. Successful Republican challengers come disproportionately from districts with high ORVIS scores. The relationship between ORVIS scores and the share of th…
Runoff Elections in the United States. The Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society
Civil Rights Support: A Comparison of Southern and Border State Representatives
This article examines the support for civil rights bills among members of the U.S. House from southern and border states over a 20-year period. In the 1960s, members from the deep South were considerably more opposed to black civil rights than were representatives from the rim South or border states. Over time, the distinctiveness of the deep South from the rim South has largely eroded. The deep South continues to be more conservative on civil ri…
Prescriptive Seats Revisited
This update of Bullock's (1971) article on long-term control of House of Representatives committee seats by state party delegations finds 129 seats that have been held continuously by individual delegations for a generation and a half. The number of seats held by a single individual has, of course, declined while the incidence of extended occupancy except for brief interruptions has risen. The decline in prescriptive seats has been least on prest…
U.S. Senate Committee Assignments: Preferences, Motivations, and Success
Research into congressional committee preferences and assignments has been notably one-sided, with little attention given to the Senate. Using information from senators' letters and memos, this paper analyzes 290 committee requests made by Democrats from 1953 to 1971. The relative attractiveness of committees for freshmen and more senior members is reported along with information on the reasons behind committee desirability. The materials on memb…
School Desegregation: Successes and Failures
It is too early to determine if current efforts at racial integration of the public schools have yielded results sufficiently positive to justify the hope that the process can lead to racial tolerance, the elimination of discrimination, and better academic achievement for some children. Yet the frequently vengeful, and sometimes plaintive, cries that school desegregation has been a bust, necessitates an evaluation. Thus, this paper will seek to i…
U.S. Senate Committee Assignments: Preferences, Motivations, and Success
Research into congressional committee preferences and assignments has been notably one-sided, with little attention given to the Senate. Using information from senators' letters and memos, this paper analyzes 290 committee requests made by Democrats from 1953 to 1971. The relative attractiveness of committees for freshmen and more senior members is reported along with information on the reasons behind committee desirability. The materials on memb…
What Is so Special about Special Elections
Party Targeting and Electoral Success
ORVIS, a measure of partisan strength calculated from the precinct-level vote share in previous statewide elections, has been used since 1988 to target Republican efforts in Georgia state legislative contests. The top-down approach implied in the use of this targeting device has paid dividends. Successful Republican challengers come disproportionately from districts with high ORVIS scores. The relationship between ORVIS scores and the share of th…
Civil Rights Support: A Comparison of Southern and Border State Representatives
This article examines the support for civil rights bills among members of the U.S. House from southern and border states over a 20-year period. In the 1960s, members from the deep South were considerably more opposed to black civil rights than were representatives from the rim South or border states. Over time, the distinctiveness of the deep South from the rim South has largely eroded. The deep South continues to be more conservative on civil ri…
When Experience Fails: The Experience Factor in Congressional Runoffs
Ambition theory identifies political experience as a major correlate of holding higher office. We explore the possibility that under certain conditions, political experience may do little to promote election. Specifically, in runoff primaries experience may not promote a candidate's prospects for nomination. When an experienced candidate, such as a former state legislator, fails to win a majority in the initial primary, it may indicate that any a…
School Desegregation: Successes and Failures
It is too early to determine if current efforts at racial integration of the public schools have yielded results sufficiently positive to justify the hope that the process can lead to racial tolerance, the elimination of discrimination, and better academic achievement for some children. Yet the frequently vengeful, and sometimes plaintive, cries that school desegregation has been a bust, necessitates an evaluation. Thus, this paper will seek to i…
School Desegregation: Successes and Failures
It is too early to determine if current efforts at racial integration of the public schools have yielded results sufficiently positive to justify the hope that the process can lead to racial tolerance, the elimination of discrimination, and better academic achievement for some children. Yet the frequently vengeful, and sometimes plaintive, cries that school desegregation has been a bust, necessitates an evaluation. Thus, this paper will seek to i…
U.S. Senate Committee Assignments: Preferences, Motivations, and Success
Research into congressional committee preferences and assignments has been notably one-sided, with little attention given to the Senate. Using information from senators' letters and memos, this paper analyzes 290 committee requests made by Democrats from 1953 to 1971. The relative attractiveness of committees for freshmen and more senior members is reported along with information on the reasons behind committee desirability. The materials on memb…
Prescriptive Seats Revisited
This update of Bullock's (1971) article on long-term control of House of Representatives committee seats by state party delegations finds 129 seats that have been held continuously by individual delegations for a generation and a half. The number of seats held by a single individual has, of course, declined while the incidence of extended occupancy except for brief interruptions has risen. The decline in prescriptive seats has been least on prest…
Civil Rights Support: A Comparison of Southern and Border State Representatives
This article examines the support for civil rights bills among members of the U.S. House from southern and border states over a 20-year period. In the 1960s, members from the deep South were considerably more opposed to black civil rights than were representatives from the rim South or border states. Over time, the distinctiveness of the deep South from the rim South has largely eroded. The deep South continues to be more conservative on civil ri…
Runoff Elections in the United States. The Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society
Party Targeting and Electoral Success
ORVIS, a measure of partisan strength calculated from the precinct-level vote share in previous statewide elections, has been used since 1988 to target Republican efforts in Georgia state legislative contests. The top-down approach implied in the use of this targeting device has paid dividends. Successful Republican challengers come disproportionately from districts with high ORVIS scores. The relationship between ORVIS scores and the share of th…
What Is so Special about Special Elections
When Experience Fails: The Experience Factor in Congressional Runoffs
Ambition theory identifies political experience as a major correlate of holding higher office. We explore the possibility that under certain conditions, political experience may do little to promote election. Specifically, in runoff primaries experience may not promote a candidate's prospects for nomination. When an experienced candidate, such as a former state legislator, fails to win a majority in the initial primary, it may indicate that any a…
Political science (8 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (2 works)