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Bowen, Daniel. "The Effect of Constituency Size on Public Attitudes About State Governments in the U.S." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210460_index.html>

Bowen, D. C. , 2007-08-30 "The Effect of Constituency Size on Public Attitudes About State Governments in the U.S." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210460_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: At the heart of representative democracy is the process and formula by which citizens are grouped together and given the opportunity to select leaders to act on their behalf. Underneath artificial political lines like wards or districts, however, exists a social environment that is always changing and often not in accordance with political boundaries. One dramatic social change in the United States is population growth. American legislatures, by and large, have not been adjusted to account for large population growth during the last half of the 20th century. This paper argues that increases in constituency size - the number of constituents represented by each lawmaker in a legislative chamber - affects the constituent-legislator relationship. Specifically, constituency size has a negative relationship with positive attitudes about state government. Evidence using two national surveys merged with state contextual data and using hierarchical linear modeling supports the argument that large constituency sizes lead to less favorable attitudes toward state government.

Local Media, Public Opinion, and State Government Policy: Second-Level Agenda Setting and Political Bias

State-Level Public Trust in the Federal Government