What Happens When House Members “Run with Congress”? The Electoral Consequences of Institutional Loyalty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Lipinski (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), William T Bianco (0000-0002-2581-6837, Pennsylvania State University), Ryan Work (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 413-429 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| 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 | 10.3162/036298003x200944 |
| OpenAlex | W2000251565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article characterizes the electoral consequences of messages of institutional loyalty and disloyalty sent by incumbent House members to their constituents. We show that, for the contemporary House, there is variation in these messages—not all incumbents in the contemporary House “run for Congress by running against Congress.” Moreover, we show that these messages can, under the right conditions, have significant electoral consequences, even after controlling for party affiliation and district political factors. In addition to demonstrating the electoral relevance of legislators' presentations, our results show an incumbent‐level link between constituents' trust in government and their voting behavior—a link created by interaction between constituents' perceptions, legislators' party affiliations, and the messages that legislators send to their constituents
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |