Voting Change in Congress
Some Dynamic Perspectives on an Evolutionary Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert B Asher, Herbert F Weisberg |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 391 |
| Publication date | 1978-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2110622 |
| OpenAlex | W2333838200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 79 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article presents and tests an evolutionary model of congressional change that is based on the legislator following his voting history on an issue until changing circumstances force a change. Issue evolution, membership replacement, and partisan shift in control of the presidency are identified as three sources of change. House votes from 1949 to 1972 on debt ceiling, foreign aid, school construction, and civil rights are examined to assess the effects of the three sources of change. In general, there is considerable stability in congressional roll-call over time with the change that does occur tending to be gradual rather than dramatic
Ceiling (cloud · Debt · Economics · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislator · Macroeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Process (computing · Voting · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Engineering · Law · Public Administration
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 78 |