Passion or Dollars
How Mobilization Can Spoil the Mother’s Milk of Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340510 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff Smith (0000-0002-4409-2504, The New School, New York, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-265 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912915578920 |
| OpenAlex | W1967446435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
Evidence regarding the influence of campaign donations and lobbying efforts on legislative behavior is mixed. Much research—not to mention conventional wisdom—suggests that well-funded interest groups exploit their resource advantage by making campaign contributions and deploying lobbyists to gain informational advantages and influence legislation. Using contribution data, information about interest group support for legislation, and a rare data set—constituent contacts to six state legislative offices—this paper examines how interest group donations and constituent activism influence outcomes. Although the amount of money contributed by groups supporting or opposing a bill did not affect its prospects, constituent contacts had a substantial impact. Political expenditures by business firms appear primarily to sustain an entrenched class of lobbyists and consultants
Business · Economics · Exploit · Interest group · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public relations · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits
Congressmen's Voting Decisions
Lobbying and Policy Change
Trust
The Not-So-Special Interests
Constituent Interest and Congressional Voting
Service-Induced Campaign Contributions and the Electoral Equilibrium
Home Style
Contributions, Lobbying, and Committee Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
A Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition
The Logic of Collective Action
Why is There so Little Money in U.S. Politics
Inside Campaign Finance
Interest groups, campaign contributions, and probabilistic voting
The control of politicians
Incumbent performance and electoral control
The economics of campaign funds
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Congress
Determining Legislative Preferences on the Minimum Wage
The Political Efficacy of Lobbying and Money
PACs, Issue Context, and Congressional Decisionmaking
PAC Contributions and Congressional Voting on National Defense
Constituency Influence in Congress
Constituency Influence in Congress
Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting
Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy
Constituency Opinion and Congressional Policy Making
Buying Time
The Linkage between Constituency Attitudes and Congressional Voting Behavior
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |