Voting Against Your Constituents? How Lobbying Affects Representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6231005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathalie Giger (0000-0002-1030-8493, University of Geneva), Heinrich Kluver (0000-0003-4838-0754, Universität Hamburg), Heike Klüver |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 190-205 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12183 |
| OpenAlex | W1926733021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 74 |
| References cited | 72 |
Citizens delegate the representation of their political preferences to members of Parliament (MPs), who are supposed to represent their interests in the legislature. However, MPs are exposed to a variety of interest groups seeking to influence their voting behavior. We argue that interest groups influence how MPs cast their vote in Parliament, but that this effect varies across groups. While lobbying by sectional groups provides incentives for MPs to defect from their constituents, we expect that cause groups in fact strengthen the link between MPs and their voters. We test our argument based on an innovative study of 118 Swiss public referenda, which allows for directly comparing voter preferences with legislative voting of 448 MPs on these issues. Drawing on a multilevel regression analysis, this study shows that interest groups considerably affect the link between MPs and their voters. Our findings have important implications for our understanding of political representation
Affect (linguistics · Argument (complex analysis · Delegate · Economics · Incentive · Law and economics · Legislature · Microeconomics · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Representation (politics · Voting · Voting behavior · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology
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Party‐interest group ties
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Outside Lobbying
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A Panel Probit Analysis of Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Votes
Information and Influence
Making the Most of Statistical Analyses
Competing Principals, Political Institutions, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting
A Spatial Model of Roll Call Voting
PACs and the Congressional Supermarket
Modeling Multilevel Data Structures
Measuring the size and scope of the EU interest group population
Constituency Influence in Congress
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| Unique citing works | 74 |
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| Citations per year | 7,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 73 |