Joseph A Aistrup
Biographic Data
| ID | 4386650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph A Aistrup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph A |
| FAMILY NAME | Aistrup |
| SIGNATURE | AISTRUP J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8340-8391 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Regional Disparities and Risk Factors in US Drinking Water Violations: Analyzing Trends From 2006 to 2020
Objective High‐profile cases such as the 2022 drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, along with numerous ongoing wastewater violations in Alabama and elsewhere, raise persistent environmental justice concerns. Despite nearly $40 billion allocated for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure under the 2021 Infrastructure Act, states vary in their ability and willingness to serve historically underserved communities. This study aims to …
Explaining State Allocation Shares Under the Water Quality Act of 1987: Politics, Incrementalism, or Need
What is the basis of the allocation of federal funding for wastewater treatment infrastructure? The Water Quality Act of 1987 changed the ways in which the national government helped to offset the costs of compliance with the Clean Water Act by changing the scheme to allocate grant funds to states. However, the available literature provides no clues as to how the allocations for each state were determined. Our model to predict state shares under …
Digging Deeper: Examining Oil and Gas Violations in Pennsylvania From 2010 to 2022
Objective This study assesses the factors associated with the identification of oil and gas violations as reported by street‐level bureaucrats, for example, oil and gas inspectors. Findings, we suggest, contribute to broader debates about regulatory compliance and environmental governance. Methods To accomplish the above, we built a novel dataset of over 300,000 oil and gas inspectors conducted in Pennsylvania between 2010 and 2022 along with a r…
Does institutional location matter? The effect of agency type on resource distribution for nonpoint water pollution
With the rejuvenated emphasis on nonpoint pollution under the Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987, states seek ways to address nonpoint pollution sources. States can use Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) to address nonpoint needs; these funds are administered by state agencies, and funding decisions are typically made by agency personnel. While some states have aggressively funded nonpoint projects, other states have been much more reticent. …
Drilling Setbacks vs Government Takings: The Case of Colorado’s 2018 Colorado Ballot Initiatives
State policymaking is at the center of many oil and gas related disputes. Driven by the promise of affordable energy, economic development, and new revenues, supporters of oil and gas have pushed for policies designed to nurture the oil and gas industry, whereas opponents have emphasized a myriad of environmental threats and disruptions. Statewide ballot initiatives related to oil gas extraction offer a particularly useful lens to examine the pre…
Dobbs , American Federalism, and State Abortion Policymaking: Restrictive Policies Alongside Expansion of Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade shifted abortion-policy decision-making from the national level to the state level and opened the door for states to individually determine the level of protection for reproductive rights. We examine state actions following Dobbs and discuss the near-term implications of the decision for federalism and state governments. One effect …
The 1990s party realignment of U.S. presidential elections: Geographic sorting of counties by blue or red
Introduction This paper addresses the issue of partisan polarization in the U.S. in presidential voting at the county level. The literature on the growing partisan sorting and/or polarization is extensive, and controversies are pervasive. This paper focuses on the timing and sequence of changes in partisan vote shares at the county level from 1952 through the 2020 election. Methods We apply confirmatory factor analysis to identify the structures …
Marginal Utility and the Theory of Relative Advantage: The Case of Alabama
Objective Using the “theory of relative advantage” (Hood, Kidd, and Morris, 2012), this study tests a number of hypotheses focusing on the short‐ and long‐term influences of Governor George Wallace on the partisan voting alignment of Alabama counties at the presidential and gubernatorial levels. Methods The analysis uses county‐level vote shares data for president and governor from 1952 to 2012 in a confirmatory factor analysis to model party ali…
Structured Partisan Competition: A Vote Shares Model of Party Alignments and Realignments
Objective . This study develops and tests an aggregate “vote shares” model of party alignments and realignments, building a theoretical framework around “structured political composition” (Rabinowitz, Gurian, and Macdonald, 1984, p. 6). The vote shares model conceptualizes party alignments as latent class constructs, or factors, and changes in these latent class constructs as party realignments. Methods . Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model …
Southern Political Exceptionalism? Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South: Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South
Objective. This study develops and tests a model of political regionalism that posits that if regions are politically exceptional, then individuals sharing the same profile but living in these different regions will have divergent presidential voting patterns (King, 1996). Methods. Analyzing presidential voting behavior from 1952 to 2004, I use logistic regression techniques to test a regional model of homogeneity (southern exceptionalism) versus…
Constituency Diversity and Party Competition: A County and State Level Analysis
Constituency Diversity and Party Competition: A County and State Level Analysis
One of the staples of American politics is the theory that party competition is a function of constituency diversity. In Federalist #10 (see Rae and Taylor 1970: 7; Fiorina 1974: 89-119; Sullivan 1973) Madison emphasizes that increased constituency diversity facilitates factional dispute. As diversity increases, it weakens the ability of any single faction to represent the multifarious demands of people in a geographic area (The Federalist Papers…
State Legislative Party Competition: A County-Level Measure
State Legislative Party Competition: A County-Level Measure
This note develops a county-level measure of state legislative party competition for the periods between 1968-73, 1974-79, and 1980-85. The validity of the measure is evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis, a comparison to Ranney's state-level measure, and through an examination of the county-level data. In all cases, the county-level measure shows it is a valid indicator of party competition at the state legislative level
The 1989 elections to the congress of people's deputies in Moscow
ON 26 MARCH 1989 Soviet citizens cast ballots for 1,500 representatives to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies (CPD). Faced with multiple-candidate elections for the first time at the national level, voters were asked to cross off, in secret, all names on the ballot paper except the person whom they wished to elect. Candidates were also forced to deal with unaccustomed choices: the complexities of running for office in competitive contests. Th…
Republican Contestation of U. S. State Senate Elections in the South
This paper examines the Republican emergence in the South by analyzing the level of state senate elections the Republicans contest. The goal of this paper is to assess the measurable changes in the Republican southern strategy for contesting elections in the Reagan era. I find that Republican contestation in state senate elections has diffused into the rural areas during the Reagan era. In addition, the Republicans are increasingly contesting ele…
Constituency Diversity and Party Competition: A County and State Level Analysis
One of the staples of American politics is the theory that party competition is a function of constituency diversity. In Federalist #10 (see Rae and Taylor 1970: 7; Fiorina 1974: 89-119; Sullivan 1973) Madison emphasizes that increased constituency diversity facilitates factional dispute. As diversity increases, it weakens the ability of any single faction to represent the multifarious demands of people in a geographic area (The Federalist Papers…
State Legislative Party Competition: A County-Level Measure
This note develops a county-level measure of state legislative party competition for the periods between 1968-73, 1974-79, and 1980-85. The validity of the measure is evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis, a comparison to Ranney's state-level measure, and through an examination of the county-level data. In all cases, the county-level measure shows it is a valid indicator of party competition at the state legislative level
Republican Contestation of U. S. State Senate Elections in the South
This paper examines the Republican emergence in the South by analyzing the level of state senate elections the Republicans contest. The goal of this paper is to assess the measurable changes in the Republican southern strategy for contesting elections in the Reagan era. I find that Republican contestation in state senate elections has diffused into the rural areas during the Reagan era. In addition, the Republicans are increasingly contesting ele…
Structured Partisan Competition: A Vote Shares Model of Party Alignments and Realignments
Objective . This study develops and tests an aggregate “vote shares” model of party alignments and realignments, building a theoretical framework around “structured political composition” (Rabinowitz, Gurian, and Macdonald, 1984, p. 6). The vote shares model conceptualizes party alignments as latent class constructs, or factors, and changes in these latent class constructs as party realignments. Methods . Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model …
Southern Political Exceptionalism? Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South: Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South
Objective. This study develops and tests a model of political regionalism that posits that if regions are politically exceptional, then individuals sharing the same profile but living in these different regions will have divergent presidential voting patterns (King, 1996). Methods. Analyzing presidential voting behavior from 1952 to 2004, I use logistic regression techniques to test a regional model of homogeneity (southern exceptionalism) versus…
Dobbs , American Federalism, and State Abortion Policymaking: Restrictive Policies Alongside Expansion of Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade shifted abortion-policy decision-making from the national level to the state level and opened the door for states to individually determine the level of protection for reproductive rights. We examine state actions following Dobbs and discuss the near-term implications of the decision for federalism and state governments. One effect …
The 1990s party realignment of U.S. presidential elections: Geographic sorting of counties by blue or red
Introduction This paper addresses the issue of partisan polarization in the U.S. in presidential voting at the county level. The literature on the growing partisan sorting and/or polarization is extensive, and controversies are pervasive. This paper focuses on the timing and sequence of changes in partisan vote shares at the county level from 1952 through the 2020 election. Methods We apply confirmatory factor analysis to identify the structures …
The 1989 elections to the congress of people's deputies in Moscow
ON 26 MARCH 1989 Soviet citizens cast ballots for 1,500 representatives to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies (CPD). Faced with multiple-candidate elections for the first time at the national level, voters were asked to cross off, in secret, all names on the ballot paper except the person whom they wished to elect. Candidates were also forced to deal with unaccustomed choices: the complexities of running for office in competitive contests. Th…
Republican Contestation of U. S. State Senate Elections in the South
This paper examines the Republican emergence in the South by analyzing the level of state senate elections the Republicans contest. The goal of this paper is to assess the measurable changes in the Republican southern strategy for contesting elections in the Reagan era. I find that Republican contestation in state senate elections has diffused into the rural areas during the Reagan era. In addition, the Republicans are increasingly contesting ele…
The 1989 elections to the congress of people's deputies in Moscow
ON 26 MARCH 1989 Soviet citizens cast ballots for 1,500 representatives to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies (CPD). Faced with multiple-candidate elections for the first time at the national level, voters were asked to cross off, in secret, all names on the ballot paper except the person whom they wished to elect. Candidates were also forced to deal with unaccustomed choices: the complexities of running for office in competitive contests. Th…
State Legislative Party Competition: A County-Level Measure
State Legislative Party Competition: A County-Level Measure
This note develops a county-level measure of state legislative party competition for the periods between 1968-73, 1974-79, and 1980-85. The validity of the measure is evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis, a comparison to Ranney's state-level measure, and through an examination of the county-level data. In all cases, the county-level measure shows it is a valid indicator of party competition at the state legislative level
Constituency Diversity and Party Competition: A County and State Level Analysis
Constituency Diversity and Party Competition: A County and State Level Analysis
One of the staples of American politics is the theory that party competition is a function of constituency diversity. In Federalist #10 (see Rae and Taylor 1970: 7; Fiorina 1974: 89-119; Sullivan 1973) Madison emphasizes that increased constituency diversity facilitates factional dispute. As diversity increases, it weakens the ability of any single faction to represent the multifarious demands of people in a geographic area (The Federalist Papers…
Southern Political Exceptionalism? Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South: Presidential Voting in the South and Non-South
Objective. This study develops and tests a model of political regionalism that posits that if regions are politically exceptional, then individuals sharing the same profile but living in these different regions will have divergent presidential voting patterns (King, 1996). Methods. Analyzing presidential voting behavior from 1952 to 2004, I use logistic regression techniques to test a regional model of homogeneity (southern exceptionalism) versus…
Structured Partisan Competition: A Vote Shares Model of Party Alignments and Realignments
Objective . This study develops and tests an aggregate “vote shares” model of party alignments and realignments, building a theoretical framework around “structured political composition” (Rabinowitz, Gurian, and Macdonald, 1984, p. 6). The vote shares model conceptualizes party alignments as latent class constructs, or factors, and changes in these latent class constructs as party realignments. Methods . Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model …
Marginal Utility and the Theory of Relative Advantage: The Case of Alabama
Objective Using the “theory of relative advantage” (Hood, Kidd, and Morris, 2012), this study tests a number of hypotheses focusing on the short‐ and long‐term influences of Governor George Wallace on the partisan voting alignment of Alabama counties at the presidential and gubernatorial levels. Methods The analysis uses county‐level vote shares data for president and governor from 1952 to 2012 in a confirmatory factor analysis to model party ali…
Drilling Setbacks vs Government Takings: The Case of Colorado’s 2018 Colorado Ballot Initiatives
State policymaking is at the center of many oil and gas related disputes. Driven by the promise of affordable energy, economic development, and new revenues, supporters of oil and gas have pushed for policies designed to nurture the oil and gas industry, whereas opponents have emphasized a myriad of environmental threats and disruptions. Statewide ballot initiatives related to oil gas extraction offer a particularly useful lens to examine the pre…
Dobbs , American Federalism, and State Abortion Policymaking: Restrictive Policies Alongside Expansion of Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade shifted abortion-policy decision-making from the national level to the state level and opened the door for states to individually determine the level of protection for reproductive rights. We examine state actions following Dobbs and discuss the near-term implications of the decision for federalism and state governments. One effect …
The 1990s party realignment of U.S. presidential elections: Geographic sorting of counties by blue or red
Introduction This paper addresses the issue of partisan polarization in the U.S. in presidential voting at the county level. The literature on the growing partisan sorting and/or polarization is extensive, and controversies are pervasive. This paper focuses on the timing and sequence of changes in partisan vote shares at the county level from 1952 through the 2020 election. Methods We apply confirmatory factor analysis to identify the structures …
Does institutional location matter? The effect of agency type on resource distribution for nonpoint water pollution
With the rejuvenated emphasis on nonpoint pollution under the Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987, states seek ways to address nonpoint pollution sources. States can use Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) to address nonpoint needs; these funds are administered by state agencies, and funding decisions are typically made by agency personnel. While some states have aggressively funded nonpoint projects, other states have been much more reticent. …
Explaining State Allocation Shares Under the Water Quality Act of 1987: Politics, Incrementalism, or Need
What is the basis of the allocation of federal funding for wastewater treatment infrastructure? The Water Quality Act of 1987 changed the ways in which the national government helped to offset the costs of compliance with the Clean Water Act by changing the scheme to allocate grant funds to states. However, the available literature provides no clues as to how the allocations for each state were determined. Our model to predict state shares under …
Digging Deeper: Examining Oil and Gas Violations in Pennsylvania From 2010 to 2022
Objective This study assesses the factors associated with the identification of oil and gas violations as reported by street‐level bureaucrats, for example, oil and gas inspectors. Findings, we suggest, contribute to broader debates about regulatory compliance and environmental governance. Methods To accomplish the above, we built a novel dataset of over 300,000 oil and gas inspectors conducted in Pennsylvania between 2010 and 2022 along with a r…
Regional Disparities and Risk Factors in US Drinking Water Violations: Analyzing Trends From 2006 to 2020
Objective High‐profile cases such as the 2022 drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, along with numerous ongoing wastewater violations in Alabama and elsewhere, raise persistent environmental justice concerns. Despite nearly $40 billion allocated for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure under the 2021 Infrastructure Act, states vary in their ability and willingness to serve historically underserved communities. This study aims to …
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