P Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seton Hall University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9889-8116 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A generation divided
Generation X often receives less attention in generational analysis due to its perceived lack of distinctiveness compared to preceding and succeeding generations in the contemporary United States. Politically, there is little justification for distinguishing Generation X as it is commonly defined, yet it harbors significant political divergence between its older and younger cohorts. In terms of partisanship, ideology, and public policy preference…
The Contemporary Generations in American Politics
Generational Replacement and the Impending Transformation of the American Electorate
Contemporary American politics is marked by an unusually substantial generation gap. This has important implications for the future of American politics as an overwhelmingly white and conservative generation, the Silent Generation, is being replaced in the electorate by much more diverse and liberal generations: the Millennial Generation and Generation Z. To project potential partisan changes in the American electorate with generational replaceme…
Generational Cycles in American Politics, 1952-2016
A Political Outlier
Definitely Not Moralistic
This study analyzes the important role state political culture played in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Donald Trump appealed to demographically distinct types of voters in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses that varied considerably from previous Republican presidential nominees. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, this study finds that state political culture played an…
Demographic Dynamics of the Wealth Gap in Congress
Economic performance and presidential vote for Obama
National economic conditions have a considerable influence on the outcomes of presidential elections. Studies have consistently found that there is a strong relationship between annual real disposable income and the vote of the president's party. Based on historical economic performance models, the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections went largely the way they was supposed to, with a generic Democrat being expected to win under the country's econ…
The Gapology of the Obama Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries
State political culture and support for Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries
Though ideologically similar, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appealed to different types of voters in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and demographically the candidates' support varied considerably. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, we find that state political culture played an outsized role in determining which candidate emerged victorious in a particular state. When the size of demographic groups in…
The Age Gap in the 2008 Presidential Election
Is There an Emerging Age Gap in US Politics
The filibuster and the nature of representation in the United States Senate
Jeremy Bentham once called the American Senate a source of ‘negative power’ that he considered an obstacle to the American democracy. With the dramatic increase of the use of the filibuster in recent years, Bentham's argument is as relevant as ever. The filibuster gives a considerable amount of power to political minorities in the Senate. Yet this is problematic from a representational perspective because the Senate is a ‘constitutional gerrymand…
The Partisan Foundations of Balanced Budget Politics
The historical image of the Republican Party as a party strongly supporting the balanced budget norm has come under increasing scrutiny as many prominent Republicans, including President George W. Bush, have overtly argued that tax cuts should be a higher priority than deficit reduction. Have the Democrats truly surpassed the Republicans as being better advocates for deficit reduction, however? To determine partisan support for balancing the budg…
For Better or Worse? How Political Consultants are Changing Elections in the United States
In the black
When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, the United States had the largest peacetime budget deficit in the nation’s history. By 1998, however, the federal government produced a budget surplus for the first time since 1969 and in 2000 the federal government had a surplus of a staggering $232 billion, the eighth consecutive year with a declining deficit or increased surplus. So how has the federal government suddenly found itself in the bla…
The Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill at Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit
This article discusses the process by which President Clinton achieved a budgetdeficit reduction package in Congress and the implications of this process. It concludes that future administrations will have more flexibility in debating whether the federal government should increase its scope or reduce taxes
Variations in the Use of Grant Discretion
The Intermodal Surf ace Transportation Efficiency Act gave state governments increased flexibility in spending federal transportation grant funds. However, most of the flexibility was not used; there are many other potential sources of inflexibility in transportation policymaking. States were more likely to use flexibility if they were politically liberal, had larger populations and, other things being equal, had less metropolitan populations. St…
Congressional passage of the Chinese exclusion act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 marked an important turning point in the history of American race relations. According to the Act, the immigration of Chinese to the United States was completely halted. Chinese were thus excluded from the possibility of American citizenship. Previous studies on the Chinese Exclusion Act have found that the act was largely successful in systematically denying Chinese‐Americans their civil rights and for decades e…
Political explanations for the difficulties in congressional budgeting
Why does the congressional budget process seem so flawed? The difficulties Congress has budgeting are a direct result of the nature of a representative democracy. The American public wants contradictory budgetary actions from its representatives in Congress. Congress is a responsive body on budgetary matters, as can be seen by the strong correlations between demographics and congressional budget votes. Being responsive, however, does not make it …
The Prominence of Partisanship in the Congressional Budget Process
Partisanship in Congress plays an extremely important role in the construction of the national budget. The congressional budget process has increasingly found itself polarized along partisan lines in recent years. Districts represented by Democratic members of Congress are significantly different demographically and politically from those represented by Republicans. This dynamic has the potential to dramatically influence the manner in which Cong…
Is There an Emerging Age Gap in US Politics
A Political Outlier
Definitely Not Moralistic
This study analyzes the important role state political culture played in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Donald Trump appealed to demographically distinct types of voters in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses that varied considerably from previous Republican presidential nominees. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, this study finds that state political culture played an…
Generational Replacement and the Impending Transformation of the American Electorate
Contemporary American politics is marked by an unusually substantial generation gap. This has important implications for the future of American politics as an overwhelmingly white and conservative generation, the Silent Generation, is being replaced in the electorate by much more diverse and liberal generations: the Millennial Generation and Generation Z. To project potential partisan changes in the American electorate with generational replaceme…
Generational Cycles in American Politics, 1952-2016
The Age Gap in the 2008 Presidential Election
Variations in the Use of Grant Discretion
The Intermodal Surf ace Transportation Efficiency Act gave state governments increased flexibility in spending federal transportation grant funds. However, most of the flexibility was not used; there are many other potential sources of inflexibility in transportation policymaking. States were more likely to use flexibility if they were politically liberal, had larger populations and, other things being equal, had less metropolitan populations. St…
The Prominence of Partisanship in the Congressional Budget Process
Partisanship in Congress plays an extremely important role in the construction of the national budget. The congressional budget process has increasingly found itself polarized along partisan lines in recent years. Districts represented by Democratic members of Congress are significantly different demographically and politically from those represented by Republicans. This dynamic has the potential to dramatically influence the manner in which Cong…
Economic performance and presidential vote for Obama
National economic conditions have a considerable influence on the outcomes of presidential elections. Studies have consistently found that there is a strong relationship between annual real disposable income and the vote of the president's party. Based on historical economic performance models, the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections went largely the way they was supposed to, with a generic Democrat being expected to win under the country's econ…
State political culture and support for Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries
Though ideologically similar, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appealed to different types of voters in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and demographically the candidates' support varied considerably. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, we find that state political culture played an outsized role in determining which candidate emerged victorious in a particular state. When the size of demographic groups in…
The filibuster and the nature of representation in the United States Senate
Jeremy Bentham once called the American Senate a source of ‘negative power’ that he considered an obstacle to the American democracy. With the dramatic increase of the use of the filibuster in recent years, Bentham's argument is as relevant as ever. The filibuster gives a considerable amount of power to political minorities in the Senate. Yet this is problematic from a representational perspective because the Senate is a ‘constitutional gerrymand…
The Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill at Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit
This article discusses the process by which President Clinton achieved a budgetdeficit reduction package in Congress and the implications of this process. It concludes that future administrations will have more flexibility in debating whether the federal government should increase its scope or reduce taxes
Congressional passage of the Chinese exclusion act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 marked an important turning point in the history of American race relations. According to the Act, the immigration of Chinese to the United States was completely halted. Chinese were thus excluded from the possibility of American citizenship. Previous studies on the Chinese Exclusion Act have found that the act was largely successful in systematically denying Chinese‐Americans their civil rights and for decades e…
Political explanations for the difficulties in congressional budgeting
Why does the congressional budget process seem so flawed? The difficulties Congress has budgeting are a direct result of the nature of a representative democracy. The American public wants contradictory budgetary actions from its representatives in Congress. Congress is a responsive body on budgetary matters, as can be seen by the strong correlations between demographics and congressional budget votes. Being responsive, however, does not make it …
Political explanations for the difficulties in congressional budgeting
Why does the congressional budget process seem so flawed? The difficulties Congress has budgeting are a direct result of the nature of a representative democracy. The American public wants contradictory budgetary actions from its representatives in Congress. Congress is a responsive body on budgetary matters, as can be seen by the strong correlations between demographics and congressional budget votes. Being responsive, however, does not make it …
The Prominence of Partisanship in the Congressional Budget Process
Partisanship in Congress plays an extremely important role in the construction of the national budget. The congressional budget process has increasingly found itself polarized along partisan lines in recent years. Districts represented by Democratic members of Congress are significantly different demographically and politically from those represented by Republicans. This dynamic has the potential to dramatically influence the manner in which Cong…
Congressional passage of the Chinese exclusion act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 marked an important turning point in the history of American race relations. According to the Act, the immigration of Chinese to the United States was completely halted. Chinese were thus excluded from the possibility of American citizenship. Previous studies on the Chinese Exclusion Act have found that the act was largely successful in systematically denying Chinese‐Americans their civil rights and for decades e…
The Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill at Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit
This article discusses the process by which President Clinton achieved a budgetdeficit reduction package in Congress and the implications of this process. It concludes that future administrations will have more flexibility in debating whether the federal government should increase its scope or reduce taxes
Variations in the Use of Grant Discretion
The Intermodal Surf ace Transportation Efficiency Act gave state governments increased flexibility in spending federal transportation grant funds. However, most of the flexibility was not used; there are many other potential sources of inflexibility in transportation policymaking. States were more likely to use flexibility if they were politically liberal, had larger populations and, other things being equal, had less metropolitan populations. St…
In the black
When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, the United States had the largest peacetime budget deficit in the nation’s history. By 1998, however, the federal government produced a budget surplus for the first time since 1969 and in 2000 the federal government had a surplus of a staggering $232 billion, the eighth consecutive year with a declining deficit or increased surplus. So how has the federal government suddenly found itself in the bla…
For Better or Worse? How Political Consultants are Changing Elections in the United States
The Partisan Foundations of Balanced Budget Politics
The historical image of the Republican Party as a party strongly supporting the balanced budget norm has come under increasing scrutiny as many prominent Republicans, including President George W. Bush, have overtly argued that tax cuts should be a higher priority than deficit reduction. Have the Democrats truly surpassed the Republicans as being better advocates for deficit reduction, however? To determine partisan support for balancing the budg…
The filibuster and the nature of representation in the United States Senate
Jeremy Bentham once called the American Senate a source of ‘negative power’ that he considered an obstacle to the American democracy. With the dramatic increase of the use of the filibuster in recent years, Bentham's argument is as relevant as ever. The filibuster gives a considerable amount of power to political minorities in the Senate. Yet this is problematic from a representational perspective because the Senate is a ‘constitutional gerrymand…
Is There an Emerging Age Gap in US Politics
State political culture and support for Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries
Though ideologically similar, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appealed to different types of voters in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and demographically the candidates' support varied considerably. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, we find that state political culture played an outsized role in determining which candidate emerged victorious in a particular state. When the size of demographic groups in…
The Age Gap in the 2008 Presidential Election
The Gapology of the Obama Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries
Economic performance and presidential vote for Obama
National economic conditions have a considerable influence on the outcomes of presidential elections. Studies have consistently found that there is a strong relationship between annual real disposable income and the vote of the president's party. Based on historical economic performance models, the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections went largely the way they was supposed to, with a generic Democrat being expected to win under the country's econ…
Definitely Not Moralistic
This study analyzes the important role state political culture played in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Donald Trump appealed to demographically distinct types of voters in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses that varied considerably from previous Republican presidential nominees. Relative to the demographics of the primary electorates, however, this study finds that state political culture played an…
Demographic Dynamics of the Wealth Gap in Congress
A Political Outlier
Generational Replacement and the Impending Transformation of the American Electorate
Contemporary American politics is marked by an unusually substantial generation gap. This has important implications for the future of American politics as an overwhelmingly white and conservative generation, the Silent Generation, is being replaced in the electorate by much more diverse and liberal generations: the Millennial Generation and Generation Z. To project potential partisan changes in the American electorate with generational replaceme…
Generational Cycles in American Politics, 1952-2016
The Contemporary Generations in American Politics
A generation divided
Generation X often receives less attention in generational analysis due to its perceived lack of distinctiveness compared to preceding and succeeding generations in the contemporary United States. Politically, there is little justification for distinguishing Generation X as it is commonly defined, yet it harbors significant political divergence between its older and younger cohorts. In terms of partisanship, ideology, and public policy preference…
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