Enduring Rivals
Presidential Success and Support in the House of Representatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6182363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Baukje Prins (0000-0001-5893-2167, Texas Tech University), Brandon C Prins, Steven A Shull (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 21-46 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Congress & the Presidency (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-3469 • E-ISSN: 1944-1053 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07343460609507673 |
| OpenAlex | W1997335704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
We compare presidents' legislative support and success at the vote level of analysis. In so doing, we remind readers that these two outcomes measures, collected by Congressional Quarterly, Inc., may or may not reflect presidential agenda preferences. Success refers to a victory for the president on his vote positions, while support refers to margin of legislators taking the same position on the vote as the president. The vote level provides numerous characteristics of the legislation itself that serve as useful predictors of these two presidential position outcomes. These include its substantive nature, the stage of the vote on the floor, and the issue area of the vote. In addition to the characteristics of the votes themselves, we also incorporate presidential resources and environmental conditions. Virtually all of the component variables within these three concepts contribute to explaining presidents' legislative success and support in the House. We also find that, while models of overall House success and support perform similarly, controlling for party coalitional support dramatically alters the observed relationships. Therefore, without this further analysis, scholars risk misinterpreting the relationship between the president and Congress. Although we have not measured influence, we believe that these findings raise important implications for scholars of presidential-congressional relations and also suggest avenues for further research
Economics · House of Representatives · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Presidential system · Public relations · Victory · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration
The theory of political coalitions.
Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House
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The Marginal and Time-Varying Effect of Public Approval on Presidential Success in Congress
Presidential Approval and Legislative Success
Measuring Presidential Success in Congress
Presidential Support in Congress
A "Presidency-Augmented" Model of Presidential Success on House Roll Call Votes
The Legislative Impact of Divided Government
An Evaluation of CQ Presidential Support Scores
Issues, Coalitions, and Divided Government
The Pendulum of Congressional Power
The Two Presidencies
The Strategic Configuration, Personal Influence, and Presidential Power in Congress
Presidential Influence in the Policymaking Process
The Congress, the Executive and Intermestic Affairs
Promise and Performance
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |