The Elusive Quest for Convergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12802479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Fowler (0000-0001-6566-2556, corresponding author), Arnold Bennett Hall (0000-0001-7185-2196) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-149 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1554-0626 • E-ISSN: 1554-0634 |
| Publisher | Now Publishers (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1561/100.00015082 |
| OpenAlex | W3121265002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 29 |
Does American political representation work as predicted by theory? On average, political candidates diverge considerably in their ideological positioning, but do they diverge less on issues of particular salience to their local constituents? We combine data on congressional roll call votes, electoral outcomes, district demographics, and substantive information about bills to search for convergence in the places we would most expect to find it. Despite the predictions of prominent models, legislators diverge just as much even when their constituents have strong interests in a particular policy area. These results provide new insights into policymaking and political representation, and they help distinguish between different theoretical explanations for why candidate positions diverge
Convergence (economics · Economics · Law and economics · Macroeconomics · Mathematical economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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The ideological nationalization of partisan subconstituencies in the American States
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Does the Ideological Proximity Between Candidates and Voters Affect Voting in U.S. House Elections
Press Coverage and Accountability in State Legislatures
Polarization and Campaign Spending in Elections
How Dispositional Empathy Influences Political Ambition
Opening Heaven's Door
How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration Authorities
Policy Preferences and Policy Change
Why Parties?
Party Loyalty Among Congressmen
Legislative Leviathan
Constituent Interest and Congressional Voting
A Model of Political Competition with Citizen-Candidates
Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U. S. House
Linear Probability Models of the Demand for Attributes with an Empirical Application to Estimating the Preferences of Legislators
Spatial Equilibrium with Entry
Elections with platform and valence competition
Randomized experiments from non-random selection in U.S. House elections
Regression discontinuity designs
Valence Politics and Equilibrium in Spatial Election Models
Constituents’ Responses to Congressional Roll‐Call Voting
Candidate Positioning in U.S. House Elections
Representation in Congress
Dimensions, Issues, and Bills
Constituency Influence in Congress
On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects
Robustness of the Multidimensional Voting Model
Demand-Side Theory and Congressional Committee Composition
A Spatial Model for Legislative Roll Call Analysis
Constituency Opinion and Congressional Behavior
A Model of Candidate Location When One Candidate Has a Valence Advantage
Constituency Influence in Congress
Candidate Motivation
The Statistical Analysis of Roll Call Data
Out of Step, Out of Office
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |