Party Pressure in the U.S. State Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7329360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Coleman Battista (University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Jesse Richman (0000-0002-5420-0521, Old Dominion University), Jesse T Richman |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-422 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-27 |
| 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.1939-9162.2011.00020.x |
| OpenAlex | W1518868020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 44 |
We extend Ansolabehere, Snyder, and Stewart's (2001) method of measuring party influence over roll‐call voting to the comparative state legislative context. Examining 27 state lower chambers, we find that overall parties exert detectable influence on 44% of all roll calls and 69% of close votes, but that the incidence of party influence varies strongly across chambers. Taking advantage of the comparative leverage the state context brings, we find that party influence responds significantly to measures of legislative careerism and state socioeconomic diversity, with majority size playing some role. The effect of preference polarization is complicated and conditioned by challenges facing the legislature, and we find results both challenging and conditionally supporting the conditional party government account
Context (archaeology · Divided government · Economics · Geography · Legislature · Leverage (statistics · Microeconomics · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Preference · State (computer science · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
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| Citations per year | 1,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |