Partisan Representation and the Failure of Realignment in the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia A Hurley (0000-0001-6898-7831, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/2111261 |
| OpenAlex | W2325845615 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper advances the concept of partisan representation and suggests that such representation plays a role in the process of realignment. Partisan representation focuses attention on how well the parties in Congress, as groups, represent their rank-and-file identifiers, as groups. Improved partisan representation within the advantaged party, as well as increased congruence between independents and the advantaged party should be important factors in transforming short-term electoral change into durable new patterns of partisan preference and voting behavior. Failure to represent well both existing identifiers and independents should inhibit the process of realignment. Since the public opinion data necessary to test this hypothesis are unavailable for any period of realignment, the hypothesis is tested by examining the failed realignment of the 1980s with the expectation that the relationship of Republican House voting patterns to the issue preferences of Republicans and independents in the mass public should not improve between 1980 and 1984. A comparison of public opinion with House roll call voting in the 97th and 98th Congresses supports the null hypothesis, as expected
Economics · Microeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Preference · Public opinion · Public relations · Representation (politics · Sociology · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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Interest Group Theory
The Party Faithful
How Parties Nominate Presidents
The Comparative Advantage of State Interest Organization Research
Theories of Parties
The Road Less Taken
Party Coalitions in the US Congress
Social and Economic Justice Movements and Organizations
Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus?
Party Nominating Procedures and Recruitment—State and Local Level
Activists, Influence, and Representation in American Elections
Methodological Issues in the Study of Political Parties
Political Parties and Consultants
State Parties Research
The Mobilization and Influence of Business Interests
What a Difference Twenty-Five Years Makes
Interest Groups and Agendas
Interest Groups in American Elections
The State of Research on Political Parties and Interest Groups
The Evolution of National Party Organizations
Lobbying and Influence
Urban Interest Groups
The Evolution and Alteration of American Party Coalitions
The Pure Partisan Institution
Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups
The President, Party Politics, and Constitutional Development
Winning Isn't Everything
Methodological Perspectives on Interest Groups
American Political Parties
The Oxford handbook of American political parties and interest groups
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Latino Representation, It's Direct and Indirect
Issue Salience, Subconstituency Politics, and Legislative Representation
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Consistency between Public Preferences and National Policy Decisions
Ideology, Party, and Voting in the U.S. Congress, 1959–1980
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Classification of Presidential Elections
Collective Representation Reappraised
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District Competitiveness and Legislative Roll-Call Behavior
The Delegate Theory of Representation
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Measuring Representation
Congressional Party Realignment and Transformations of Public Policy in Three Realignment Eras
Critical Elections, Congressional Parties and Clusters of Policy Changes
Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers
Constituency Influence in Congress
Democratic Frustration in the Anglo-American Polities
Candidates and Policy in United States Senate Elections
The Dynamics of Structural Realignment
Effects of Public Opinion on Policy
| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2026 (37) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |