Issue Accountability and the Mass Public
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandice Canes-Wrone (0000-0002-6949-7655, Princeton University), Brandice Canes‐wrone, William Minozzi (0000-0001-9147-1788, The Ohio State University), Jessica Bonney Reveley (William & Mary) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-35 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-9162.2010.00002.x |
| OpenAlex | W1897564578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 47 |
Under what conditions, if any, does the mass electorate hold congressional members accountable for their records on specific issues? We examine this question on the issue of crime, for which salience has varied substantially and opinion has favored Republicans, and the environment, for which salience has not varied much and voters have favored Democrats. Because different parametric specifications produce divergent findings, we utilize matching analysis in addition to ordinary least squares. The tests suggest that issue accountability exists even controlling for a member's overall record. However, such accountability depends crucially on issue salience and a member's partisan affiliation
Accountability · Cognitive psychology · Econometrics · Economics · Law and economics · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Salience (neuroscience · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Public Administration
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Toward a Better Understanding of Politicized Policing Attitudes
Responsiveness and Electoral Accountability in the U.S. Senate
Time Spent in the House
Issue Accountability in U.S. House Elections
Feigning Politicians
Unpacking Representation in State Immigration Policy
Does It Really Hurt to Be Out of Step
Who Punishes More? Partisanship, Punitive Policies, and the Puzzle of Democratic Governors
Position Taking on the President’s Agenda
A God of Vengeance and of Reward? Voters and Accountability
Legislators’ accountability for issue stances
Opiates for the Matches
The Electoral Costs of Party Loyalty in Congress
Understanding and Responding to Constituent Opinion on Capitol Hill
One Vote Out of Step? The Effects of Salient Roll Call Votes in the 2010 Election
Responsibility attribution in coalition governments
Less than the sum of its parts
Climate voting in the US Congress
Members of Parliament are Minimally Accountable for Their Issue Stances (and They Know It)
Electoral Accountability in the Midst of Criminal Violence
Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Observational Studies
Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization
Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
The Reasoning Voter
Public opinion, crime, and criminal justice
The Race Card
Genetic Matching for Estimating Causal Effects
Political Shirking, Opponent Quality, and Electoral Support
Amplifying Public Opinion
Explaining and Predicting Elections
Riding the Wave and Claiming Ownership Over Issues
Estimating the Effect of Campaign Spending on Senate Election Outcomes Using Instrumental Variables
Position-Taking and Electoral Accountability in the U.S. House of Representatives
Information, Recall, and Accountability
Comparing Interest Group Scores across Time and Chambers
Models of Legislative Voting
Political Context, Issue Salience, and Selective Attentiveness
Racial Differences in Information, Expectations, and Accountability
Candidates, Issues and Voters
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Environmental Policy and Party Divergence in Congress
Government policy and citizen passion
Matching as Nonparametric Preprocessing for Reducing Model Dependence in Parametric Causal Inference
Military Base Closures and the 1996 Congressional Elections
Primary Elections and Candidate Ideology
Senate Incumbent Visibility over the Election Cycle
Candidates, Campaigns, or Partisan Conditions? Reevaluating Strategic‐Politicians Theory
Issue Voting Under Uncertainty
Issue Ownership in Presidential Elections, with a 1980 Case Study
Prime Suspects
Accountability and Coercion
Candidate Positioning in US Congressional Elections
The Origins of Campaign Agendas
Presidential Campaigning in the 2002 Congressional Elections
Strategy and Choice in the 1982 Congressional Elections
The 1994 House Elections in Perspective
Issue salience, issue ownership, and issue-based vote choice
Candidates and Policy in United States Senate Elections
Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting
Out of Step, Out of Office
Crime, News and Fear of Crime
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |