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Association: Name: Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Fleisher, Richard. and Cohen, Jeffrey. "Constituency Opinion and Senator Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy, 2006" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, Apr 12, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p196352_index.html>

Fleisher, R. and Cohen, J. E. , 2007-04-12 "Constituency Opinion and Senator Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy, 2006" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p196352_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: An emerging consensus argues that that policy makers pay attention to citizen preferences when building public policies. But do legislators respond more to their constituent’s global public orientations, such as ideology, or to their constituents’ opinion on the specific issue at hand? Whether legislators respond to global or specific constituency opinion has implications for democracy and the ability of the public to hold its policy makers accountable. Lack of data has kept researchers from assessing which type of responsiveness more strongly figures into legislator decision making. Using newly available surveys across the 50 states, which ask respondents about specific attitudes towards immigration as well as global political orientations, we test for the comparative impact of specific versus global attitudes on Senate roll call voting on immigration. We find that both types of opinion affect senator roll call behavior about equally. Our conclusion discusses the conditions under which specific attitudes about policies might affect legislative policy making decisions and implications for democracy.

The Political Consequences of Economic Globalization: Public Opinion and Senate Roll Call Voting on Trade and Social Welfare Liberalization

Global and Specific Opinion and Senator Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy, 2006