Jeffrey M Stonecash
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 973362 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jeffrey M Stonecash |
| PRENOMES | Jeffrey M |
| SOBRENOME | Stonecash |
| ASSINATURA | STONECASH J M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8196-4500 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 187 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Political Realignment and Congressional Deference to Donald Trump
Congress is portrayed as compliant with President Donald J. Trump’s agenda because he is intimidating its members. This neglects an alternative explanation that focuses on the increased congruence of presidential and congressional electoral bases. Trump is the beneficiary of a geographical realignment that took decades and has created a high degree of overlap of the two bases. This analysis tracks that process from 1952 to 2024. It has produced a…
The Democrats Loss of the White Working Class
For decades a narrative has dominated interpretations of American politics. Democrats formed the New Deal coalition by attracting northern white working-class voters in the 1930s. Then beginning in the 1960s the party became too liberal, lost the support of the white working class, and they began moving to the Republican Party. The purpose of this analysis is to assess and question the accuracy of this narrative. Just how much support did Democra…
Governors and the Progressive Movement
By the late 1800s many American states were overpowered by private interests. Corporations were able to dominate state legislatures, which passed laws favorable to business interests. Party bosses often controlled the processes of candidate nomination and focused more on building loyalty to the party than enacting responsive public policy. Problems such as infrastructure were not dealt with. Many sensed that the concerns of the general public did…
Class and Party in American Politics
This single volume work examines whether class political divisions have increased or decreased over time in America. Most studies have concluded that class differences have declined, and that Democrats have alienated their electoral base--the working class. However, counter to these scholarly and pundit mainstream, in Class and Party in American Politics Jeffrey M. Stonecash shows that the less affluent now give higher levels of support to the De…
Democracy for Realists
The Puzzle of Class in Presidential Voting
The conventional wisdom is that class divisions once prevailed but in recent decades have gradually declined. Indeed, many now suggest that the working class has been voting Republican since the 1980s. The historical evidence on voting in presidential elections does not indicate that there was a decline since the 1950s. If anything, the well-off and more educated have moved somewhat more Democratic, lessening class divisions. There has, however, …
Introduction – Spring issue of The Forum
Populism in the 2016 Presidential Election
Introduction Spring 2016 Issue
Ballot Battles
The process of counting voter ballots is crucial for the legitimacy of elections and ultimately of democracy. If voters cannot be assured that their votes are counted accurately, then they are likely to doubt the legitimacy of election outcomes. If there are disputes there must be faith that an objective and transparent process of recounting ballots will occur. This book provides a remarkable history of cases in which there were serious disputes …
Polarization and the Politics of Personal Responsibility
The Future of Class Analyses in American Politics
Although the role of class has been extensively studied, this essay suggests several important matters that have been neglected and deserve more attention. The focus on occupational positions limits our understanding of the possible role of class. We need to devote more attention to household income and its impact on opportunity. We need to ask people about their aspirations and sense of fairness in American society and how that affects class vot…
Polarization and the Politics of Personal Responsibility
America is divided by two clashing views about individual responsibility. Liberals see many people as not completely responsible for the situation they are in, their opportunities limited by their class, race, and sex. Distribution of outcomes is therefore seen as unjust, and the government has to help offset the limits people face. In contrast, conservatives believe individuals can and must live their lives with a presumption of personal respons…
Martha Derthick and The Influence of Federal Grants
The 2014 House Elections
Partisan success in House districts is significantly influenced by the composition of districts and the resulting partisan voting inclinations. Districts that are largely White and have lower population density vote Republican and those that are highly urban and dominated by non-Whites vote Democratic. That continued to play out in 2014. Although the 2014 House elections produced the highest number of Republican seats since 1928, the changes from…
The 2010 Elections
Forming party strategy is never easy because of the uncertainty of how the electorate will react. In 2009 and 2010, Democrats sought to address two major problems the economy and health insurance and hoped they would get credit for responding effectively. Quite the opposite occurred. Forming party strategy remains an art
Why Parties? A Second Look by John H. Aldrich
Democrats in Split-Outcome Districts and the 2010 Elections
The 2008 congressional elections produced a House in which 84 members came from split-outcome districts. Forty-nine Democrats won in districts that Barack Obama lost, and 35 Republicans won in districts that Obama won. To protect their majority, the Democrats needed to retain these 49 members. Given the party's 257 seats, these split members constituted the difference between being in the majority and the minority. The 49 Democrats faced the dile…
Government Program Usage and Political Voice
Objectives. Despite the scope of U.S. social spending, we know little about cumulative program usage among individuals or how it may influence their political attitudes or behavior. This article examines program usage among citizens and probes the association of usage with program assessment and the likelihood of voting. Methods. We examine these issues using the 2005 Maxwell Poll, which uniquely asked respondents about both usage of 18 social pr…
Split
Talk of politics in the United States today is abuzz with warring red and blue factions. The message is that Americans are split due to deeply-held beliefs--over abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research, prayer in public schools. Is this cultural divide a myth, the product of elite partisans? Or is the split real? Yes, argue authors Mark Brewer and Jeffrey Stonecash--the cultural divisions are real. Yet they tell only half the story. Difference…
The Income Gap
Political divisions based on class would seem to be central to contemporary American politics. Inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth have grown steadily over the last 30 years, creating greater differences in opportunity and challenging the longstanding American belief in equality of opportunity (Hochschild 1995). The two major parties differ sharply in their concern for class issues, making class political divisions all the more …
Scaring the Democrats
Thomas Frank argues that Republicans are able to use cultural issues to suppress class divisions. They appeal to religiously conservative working class voters by opposing abortion and homosexuality. The difficulty is that the evidence of the last 40 years shows a growing class division in American politics, with less affluent whites more supportive of Democrats now than 20 - 30 years ago. Indeed, even in Kansas less affluent legislative districts…
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse: How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States. By David A. Dulio. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004. 289p. $71.50 cloth, $23.95 paper. This analysis addresses two important developments in American political campaigns: the increase in the presence of political consultants and their effect on campaigns. In pursuing this analysis, David Dulio focuses on the central questions of whether con…
The 1896 Realignment
The election of 1896 is regarded as a critical one in which a significant and enduring shift in party electoral fortunes occurred. This evidence is so important because it supports the more general argument that critical realignments are the way that significant electoral changes occur. Change is seen as abrupt, with new alignments persisting for decades. Voters are seen as detached, briefly attentive, and then relatively stable in a new alignmen…
Northern Democrats and Party Polarization in the U.S. House
Over the last 25 years, there has been a steady increase in party voting in the U.S. House, with much of this increase attributed to changes in the South. We argue that changes in the North are also important. Democrats now win a higher percentage of elections in the North, and a larger percentage of the congressional party comes from the North. Northern Democrats became steadily more liberal in the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the liberal re…
Government Program Usage and Political Voice
Objectives. Despite the scope of U.S. social spending, we know little about cumulative program usage among individuals or how it may influence their political attitudes or behavior. This article examines program usage among citizens and probes the association of usage with program assessment and the likelihood of voting. Methods. We examine these issues using the 2005 Maxwell Poll, which uniquely asked respondents about both usage of 18 social pr…
Class, Race Issues, and Declining White Support for the Democratic Party in the South
Class and Party
A common conclusion is that beginning in the late 1960s the policy stands of Democrats on civil rights and civil liberties issues alienated the white working class. Race is presumed to have driven a wedge between the white and non-white working class, and diminished class voting in American politics. The New Deal coalition has eroded, the South has moved into the Republican column, and class conflict is presumed to have steadily declined since th…
Working at the Margins
Northern Democrats and Party Polarization in the U.S. House
Over the last 25 years, there has been a steady increase in party voting in the U.S. House, with much of this increase attributed to changes in the South. We argue that changes in the North are also important. Democrats now win a higher percentage of elections in the North, and a larger percentage of the congressional party comes from the North. Northern Democrats became steadily more liberal in the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the liberal re…
Campaign Finance in New York Senate Elections
While incumbents in legislative races generally raise more money than challengers do, the important question is how money is related to vote outcomes. This analysis explores that relationship in New York state Senate races and examines how change in control of a chamber might affect individual and party finance activities. Republicans control the New York Senate by a small margin; it is the only state institution that the Republicans have control…
The Pursuit & Retention of Legislative Office in New York, 1870-1990
More and more legislators have been pursuing and retaining office in recent decades. Some analyses argue that higher salaries account for this; others contend that legislative resources make reelection easier. This article explores these two explanations by focusing on more than a century of experience in the New York legislature, and the author finds that neither is a satisfactory explanation for changes
Republican Gainsinthe Houseinthe 1994 Elections
JEFFREY M. STONECASH is professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has just published the book, Class and Party in American Politics. MACK D. MARIANI is a graduate student at Syracuse University completing his dissertation, in which he assesses the ability of women to follow a career ladder of moving from lower-level offices to Congress
Trends in the Partisan Composition of State Legislatures
The percentage of state legislative seats won by Democrats in nonsouthern states has increased steadily since World War II. Fiorina (1994) argues that this is because of the professionalization of state legislatures: Legislatures now meet longer and pay higher salaries; legislative positions which require more time are less attractive to Republicans, who can make more money elsewhere; higher salaries attract Democrats, who make less in the privat…
The State Politics Literature
Covariation studies of state politics have advanced our knowledge of variations in political cultures, institutions, actors, and policies among the U.S. states, but have remained marginal to the broader field of American politics. The study of state politics will become more central to the broader field only if it moves from a focus on covariation to a focus on explaining political processes and outcomes. It can do this only with a methodological…
Fiscal Centralization in the American States
Journal Article Fiscal Centralization in the American States: Increasing Similarity and Persisting Diversity Get access Jeffrey M. Stonecash Jeffrey M. Stonecash Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 13, Issue 4, Fall 1983, Pages 123–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037458 Published: 01 January 1983
Scaring the Democrats
Thomas Frank argues that Republicans are able to use cultural issues to suppress class divisions. They appeal to religiously conservative working class voters by opposing abortion and homosexuality. The difficulty is that the evidence of the last 40 years shows a growing class division in American politics, with less affluent whites more supportive of Democrats now than 20 - 30 years ago. Indeed, even in Kansas less affluent legislative districts…
State Responses to Declining Federal Support
Paths of Fiscal Centralization in the American States
Ballot Battles
The process of counting voter ballots is crucial for the legitimacy of elections and ultimately of democracy. If voters cannot be assured that their votes are counted accurately, then they are likely to doubt the legitimacy of election outcomes. If there are disputes there must be faith that an objective and transparent process of recounting ballots will occur. This book provides a remarkable history of cases in which there were serious disputes …
The Income Gap
Political divisions based on class would seem to be central to contemporary American politics. Inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth have grown steadily over the last 30 years, creating greater differences in opportunity and challenging the longstanding American belief in equality of opportunity (Hochschild 1995). The two major parties differ sharply in their concern for class issues, making class political divisions all the more …
Maintaining a Political Party
Legislative campaign committees have come to play a significant role in some US states. They raise large sums of money and have the potential to play a dominant role in individual races. They also have the potential to shape party fortunes, depending on how well they use these funds. The question is: are they able to discipline themselves to use the resources effectively? To be effective, parties must be able to limit their spending to close race…
Disorganized Politics and the Have-Nots
Students of politics are again asking how institutional patterns affect political outcomes. This article contributes to that stream of inquiry by revisiting V. O. Key's argument that the have-nots of society fare worse in "disorganized" political systems because the lack of cohesive political parties with clear constituency bases means that their interests will not be represented effectively. The authors find Key's argument confirmed in a compari…
Legislative Resources and Electoral Margins
It is widely argued that legislative resources enable incumbents to increase their margins of victory. Changes within the New York Senate provide an opportunity to assess this thesis. Within a few years during the early 1970s, legislative resources increased substantially and abruptly. The legislative budget increased, a legislative office building opened, and district offices were established. There were also strong political motivations for the…
Political Cleavage in Gubernatorial and Legislative Elections
The Democrats Loss of the White Working Class
For decades a narrative has dominated interpretations of American politics. Democrats formed the New Deal coalition by attracting northern white working-class voters in the 1930s. Then beginning in the 1960s the party became too liberal, lost the support of the white working class, and they began moving to the Republican Party. The purpose of this analysis is to assess and question the accuracy of this narrative. Just how much support did Democra…
The Puzzle of Class in Presidential Voting
The conventional wisdom is that class divisions once prevailed but in recent decades have gradually declined. Indeed, many now suggest that the working class has been voting Republican since the 1980s. The historical evidence on voting in presidential elections does not indicate that there was a decline since the 1950s. If anything, the well-off and more educated have moved somewhat more Democratic, lessening class divisions. There has, however, …
The 1896 Realignment
The election of 1896 is regarded as a critical one in which a significant and enduring shift in party electoral fortunes occurred. This evidence is so important because it supports the more general argument that critical realignments are the way that significant electoral changes occur. Change is seen as abrupt, with new alignments persisting for decades. Voters are seen as detached, briefly attentive, and then relatively stable in a new alignmen…
Political Cleavage in U. S. State Legislative Houses
Pre-Election Political Polling and the Non-Response Bias Issue
Non-response bias is of great concern in pre-election political telephone polls, where the number of callbacks is far less than in most academic and government studies. The fewer number of callbacks raises the issue of whether there might be a greater non-response bias problem in such surveys. Given the public importance of political polls, there is a need to know something about this. The general problem faced in trying to assess this issue is t…
Fiscal Centralization in the American States
Journal Article Fiscal Centralization in the American States: Increasing Similarity and Persisting Diversity Get access Jeffrey M. Stonecash Jeffrey M. Stonecash Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 13, Issue 4, Fall 1983, Pages 123–137, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037458 Published: 01 January 1983
Paths of Fiscal Centralization in the American States
Inter‐party Competition, Political Dialogue, and Public Policy
Working at the Margins
Political Cleavage in Gubernatorial and Legislative Elections
INTERPARTY competition and its effects on public policy are of concern to students of state politics. Party competition is so important because it presumably (Dawson and Robinson 1963: 273-74; and Dye 1968: 253) captures the competition of ideas between cohesive and enduring interests in politics that Key discussed (1949: 309-12). Indexes of this competition are commonly constructed by using the proportion of the party vote won by governors and t…
Political Cleavage in Gubernatorial and Legislative Elections
State Responses to Declining Federal Support
Campaign Finance in New York Senate Elections
While incumbents in legislative races generally raise more money than challengers do, the important question is how money is related to vote outcomes. This analysis explores that relationship in New York state Senate races and examines how change in control of a chamber might affect individual and party finance activities. Republicans control the New York Senate by a small margin; it is the only state institution that the Republicans have control…
Pre-Election Political Polling and the Non-Response Bias Issue
Non-response bias is of great concern in pre-election political telephone polls, where the number of callbacks is far less than in most academic and government studies. The fewer number of callbacks raises the issue of whether there might be a greater non-response bias problem in such surveys. Given the public importance of political polls, there is a need to know something about this. The general problem faced in trying to assess this issue is t…
Split” Constituencies and the Impact of Party Control
Understanding the policy relevance of parties in the states has not been easy. Key (1949: 309–12) argued that parties that differed should pursue and enact different public policies. Studies have found sigificant differences between legislative parties (Jewell 1955; LeBlanc 1969). Indices of interparty competition have been constructed and their impact assessed on the assumption that high competition has a clear impact on policy. The results, how…
"Split" Constituencies and the Impact of Party Control
The Pursuit & Retention of Legislative Office in New York, 1870-1990
More and more legislators have been pursuing and retaining office in recent decades. Some analyses argue that higher salaries account for this; others contend that legislative resources make reelection easier. This article explores these two explanations by focusing on more than a century of experience in the New York legislature, and the author finds that neither is a satisfactory explanation for changes
Disorganized Politics and the Have-Nots
Students of politics are again asking how institutional patterns affect political outcomes. This article contributes to that stream of inquiry by revisiting V. O. Key's argument that the have-nots of society fare worse in "disorganized" political systems because the lack of cohesive political parties with clear constituency bases means that their interests will not be represented effectively. The authors find Key's argument confirmed in a compari…
Legislative Resources and Electoral Margins
It is widely argued that legislative resources enable incumbents to increase their margins of victory. Changes within the New York Senate provide an opportunity to assess this thesis. Within a few years during the early 1970s, legislative resources increased substantially and abruptly. The legislative budget increased, a legislative office building opened, and district offices were established. There were also strong political motivations for the…
The State Politics Literature
Covariation studies of state politics have advanced our knowledge of variations in political cultures, institutions, actors, and policies among the U.S. states, but have remained marginal to the broader field of American politics. The study of state politics will become more central to the broader field only if it moves from a focus on covariation to a focus on explaining political processes and outcomes. It can do this only with a methodological…
Maintaining a Political Party
Legislative campaign committees have come to play a significant role in some US states. They raise large sums of money and have the potential to play a dominant role in individual races. They also have the potential to shape party fortunes, depending on how well they use these funds. The question is: are they able to discipline themselves to use the resources effectively? To be effective, parties must be able to limit their spending to close race…
Trends in the Partisan Composition of State Legislatures
The percentage of state legislative seats won by Democrats in nonsouthern states has increased steadily since World War II. Fiorina (1994) argues that this is because of the professionalization of state legislatures: Legislatures now meet longer and pay higher salaries; legislative positions which require more time are less attractive to Republicans, who can make more money elsewhere; higher salaries attract Democrats, who make less in the privat…
Political Cleavage in U. S. State Legislative Houses
Class and Party
Class and Party
A common conclusion is that beginning in the late 1960s the policy stands of Democrats on civil rights and civil liberties issues alienated the white working class. Race is presumed to have driven a wedge between the white and non-white working class, and diminished class voting in American politics. The New Deal coalition has eroded, the South has moved into the Republican column, and class conflict is presumed to have steadily declined since th…
Republican Gainsinthe Houseinthe 1994 Elections
JEFFREY M. STONECASH is professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has just published the book, Class and Party in American Politics. MACK D. MARIANI is a graduate student at Syracuse University completing his dissertation, in which he assesses the ability of women to follow a career ladder of moving from lower-level offices to Congress
Class, Race Issues, and Declining White Support for the Democratic Party in the South
Northern Democrats and Party Polarization in the U.S. House
Over the last 25 years, there has been a steady increase in party voting in the U.S. House, with much of this increase attributed to changes in the South. We argue that changes in the North are also important. Democrats now win a higher percentage of elections in the North, and a larger percentage of the congressional party comes from the North. Northern Democrats became steadily more liberal in the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the liberal re…
Scaring the Democrats
Thomas Frank argues that Republicans are able to use cultural issues to suppress class divisions. They appeal to religiously conservative working class voters by opposing abortion and homosexuality. The difficulty is that the evidence of the last 40 years shows a growing class division in American politics, with less affluent whites more supportive of Democrats now than 20 - 30 years ago. Indeed, even in Kansas less affluent legislative districts…
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse: How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States. By David A. Dulio. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004. 289p. $71.50 cloth, $23.95 paper. This analysis addresses two important developments in American political campaigns: the increase in the presence of political consultants and their effect on campaigns. In pursuing this analysis, David Dulio focuses on the central questions of whether con…
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