Political Parties, Public Opinion, and State Policy in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3479243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert S Erikson (0000-0003-1693-4839, University of Houston), Gerald C Wright, Gerald Wright (0000-0002-5169-4212, Indiana University), John P Mciver (University of Colorado System) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 729-750 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1962058 |
| OpenAlex | W2133003470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 126 |
| References cited | 37 |
When comparing states in the United States, one finds little correlation between state opinion and party control of the state legislature or between party control and state policy. Although these low correlations seeming to indicate that partisan politics is irrelevant to the representation process, the opposite is true. State opinion influences the ideological positions of state parties, and parties' responsiveness to state opinion helps to determine their electoral success. Moreover, parties move toward the center once in office. For these reasons, state electoral politics is largely responsible for the correlation between state opinion and state policy
Control (management · Economics · Ideology · Law and economics · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Representation (politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Bridging the Gap Between the Public's and Economists' Views of the Economy
Toward A Model of Democratic Stability
Federalism and the Market
Political Institutions and Policy Choices
Racial Diversity, Voter Turnout, and Mobilizing Institutions in the United States
Do Women Legislators Matter?
Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
The Great Recession and social welfare spending in the American States
State competition in higher education
The Adoption of Prepaid Tuition and Savings Plans in the American States
Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes
Decentralisation or patronage
Do political parties matter for local land use policies
The Liberal-Conservative Ideology of U.S. Senators
Voting Technology, Political Institutions, Legal Institutions and Civil Society
The Dark Side of Policy Responsiveness
Social Distrust and Immigrant Access to Welfare Programs in the American States
Issue Salience, Party Strength, and the Adoption of Health‐Care Expansion Efforts
An Analysis of Statutory Development
Party Competition and Policy Liberalism
To protect or not protect? Comparing nature conservation policies in the German federal states
Culture, region, and Thai political diversity
The state of GMOs on social media
Democrats, Republicans—or Both? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of the Composition of State Governments on FDI, 1977–2004
A polemic on education reform in the American states
Does more federal environmental funding increase or decrease states' efforts
Packaging Support for Low‐Income Families
A Mixed Method Look at State Growth Management Policy
Impact of State Medicaid Program on AFDC Participation
Split” Constituencies and the Impact of Party Control
Political Influence and Policy Variation
How do politicians save? Buffer-stock management of unemployment insurance finance
Do Local Politicians Respond to Citizens' Demands? A Microanalysis of Norwegian Local Government
Equal employment opportunity across states
Ideology and the size of US state government
The ideological nationalization of partisan subconstituencies in the American States
Crime frames and gender differences in the activation of crime concern and crime responses
Exploring Variations in State Laws Providing Protections for Persons With Disabilities
Partisanship, C hristianity, and Women in the Legislature
Declining Government Confidence and Policy Preferences in the U.S
State Prison Populations and Their Growth, 1971–1991
Variability in State Policy Priorities
Picking Federal Judges
Immigration as a thermostat? Public opinion and immigration policy across Western Europe (1980–2017)
Minority Group Opinion in the U.S. States
The Impact of Party Control on the Diffusion of Parental Involvement Laws in the U.S. States
Group Components of U.S. Presidential Voting Across the States
Congressional Approval and Responsible Party Government
A New Measure of Policy Spending Priorities in the American States
Policy Diffusion through Institutional Legitimation
Influences on Bureaucratic Policy Initiatives in the American States
The conditionality of the trade-off between government responsiveness and effectiveness
Lower-Class Mobilization and Policy Linkage in the U.S. States
Collective Action, City Council Committees, and State Aid to Cities
Incremental Democracy
Political Responsiveness and Equity in Public Education Finance
Reassessing the “Race to the Bottom” in State Welfare Policy
A New Look at Split-Ticket Outcomes for House and President
Interstate Competition and State Strategies to Deregulate Interstate Banking 1982-1988
A Dynamic Model of State Budget Outcomes under Divided Partisan Government
Why Are Subnational Governments Responsive
Why Do Welfare States Persist
Gubernatorial Approval and Administrative Influence
Against Their Apparent Self-Interest
Dividing the Pie
Policy Dynamics in Federal Systems
Politics, Competence, and Performance
The Reinvention of Public Personnel Administration
State Policy Innovation in Perspective
Registration, Turnout, and State Party Systems
Fiscal Federalism and Budgetary Tradeoffs in the American States
The State of State Politics Research
Partisan-Ideological Divergence and Changing Party Fortunes in the States, 1968—2003
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
Environmental Policy and Party Divergence in Congress
Race, Turnout, and Public Policy In the American States
The Supreme Court and Morality Policy Adoption in the American States
Do Campaigns Drive Partisan Turnout
Policy Influence and Policy Responsiveness in State Pollution Control
Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Problems
Policy Subsystem Configurations and Policy Change
The Spending‐Service Connection
Party Strength, Party Change and Policy-Making in the American States
Party Differentiation in Congress
Administering Representation
Government Responsiveness under Majoritarian and (within) Proportional Electoral Systems
The demand for local government goods
Pathways of Representation
Policy Cooperation among the States
Political Parties and Class Mobilization in Contemporary United States Elections
A Test of the Independent Influences of Electoral Competition and Party Strength in a Model of State Policy-Making
The Nature of Party Governance
Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960-93
"What They Say or What They Do?" The Impact of Elite Explanation and Policy Outcomes on Public Opinion
An Effective Approach to the Repeated Cross‐Sectional Design
The Dynamics of State Policy Liberalism, 1936–2014
The Policy Consequences of Class Bias in State Electorates
The Data Puzzle
Specification Uncertainty and Model Averaging
Party Ideology, Organization, and Competitiveness as Mobilizing Forces in Gubernatorial Elections
Politics and Social Equality
Direct Legislation
An economic theory of democracy
American Public Opinion
The American Political Economy
Political Control of the Economy
Politics and Public Policy
Referendums
Presidents, Congress, and Policy Outcomes
The Keynesian and Political Determinants of Unbalanced Budgets
Measuring State Partisanship and Ideology with Survey Data
Congressional Appropriations and the Electoral Connection
The Politics of Growth
Socialist Parties and Income Inequality in Western Industrial Societies
Party and Policy in the States
The Polarization of American Politics
Politics Versus Economics
On the Political Economy of Welfare Expansion
Politics, the State, and Basic Human Needs
Robustness of the Multidimensional Voting Model
Party Control and Policy Change
Public Opinion and Policy Liberalism in the American States
A Downsian Spatial Model with Party Activism
A Politico-Economic Theory of Income Redistribution
Candidates and Policy in United States Senate Elections
The Expansion of the Public Economy
Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy
Political Parties, World Demand, and Unemployment
Competition, Constituencies, and Welfare Policies in American States
Candidate Motivation
Voting through the Looking Glass
| Unique citing works | 126 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,6 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 124 |