Adam F Cayton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4395960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam F Cayton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam F |
| FAMILY NAME | Cayton |
| SIGNATURE | CAYTON A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
Consistency versus Responsiveness: Do Members of Congress Change Positions on Specific Issues in Response to Their Districts
While democratic theory suggests that representatives should be willing to adjust their issue positions to adapt to new circumstances, politicians face serious political risks from “flip flopping.” How do members of Congress balance these risks? Using an original data set of district economic conditions and opinion from 2007 to 2010 and sets of repeated roll call votes, I leverage the exogenous shock of the Great Recession to explain position cha…
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
Consistency versus Responsiveness: Do Members of Congress Change Positions on Specific Issues in Response to Their Districts
While democratic theory suggests that representatives should be willing to adjust their issue positions to adapt to new circumstances, politicians face serious political risks from “flip flopping.” How do members of Congress balance these risks? Using an original data set of district economic conditions and opinion from 2007 to 2010 and sets of repeated roll call votes, I leverage the exogenous shock of the Great Recession to explain position cha…
Consistency versus Responsiveness: Do Members of Congress Change Positions on Specific Issues in Response to Their Districts
While democratic theory suggests that representatives should be willing to adjust their issue positions to adapt to new circumstances, politicians face serious political risks from “flip flopping.” How do members of Congress balance these risks? Using an original data set of district economic conditions and opinion from 2007 to 2010 and sets of repeated roll call votes, I leverage the exogenous shock of the Great Recession to explain position cha…
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Consistency (knowledge bases (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Demographics (1 works) · Demography (1 works)