Split delegations in the United States Senate 1920–1988

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ID12007394
AuthorsRobert Herrick (0000-0002-4001-2386, Oklahoma State University, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume30
Issue1
Pages69-81
Publication date1993-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0362-3319(93)90006-h
OpenAlexW2084511798
LanguageEN
References cited18

The purpose of this article is to investigate whether a variety of state-level political and contextual variables are associated with split delegations. Additionally of interest is whether the impact of these variables has changed over time. Results indicate that state characteristics help account for the variance in split delegations in the United States Senate although their level of importance varies over time. It appears that state characteristics are more important during politically quiescent times, whereas other forces (most likely, national forces) are more important during periods upheaval or reshuffling. Further, the most important local explanations of greater number of split delegations vary depending on time period. In the dealigning era, open seats are most explanatory while in the maintaining era, party competition is the strongest single explanatory variable in relationship to incidents of split delegations

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