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Jenkins, Shannon. "The Mechanism of Party Influence on Roll Call Voting: A Comparative State Analysis" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-12-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41979_index.html>

Jenkins, S. , 2005-09-01 "The Mechanism of Party Influence on Roll Call Voting: A Comparative State Analysis" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41979_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The question of the conditions under which parties are more likely to influence roll call voting is one that still remains unanswered, due largely to the fact that most studies lack independent measures of legislator ideology. Such studies are unable to distinguish between party voting due to ideological agreement and true party influence. Using survey data to control for legislator ideology, this analysis looks at the question of how and why parties influence voting. The analysis utilizes party support data, derived from state legislative journals, in three sessions of five state legislatures; this also allows for an examination of the impact of chamber level variables on party influence on voting. The results suggest that part of the reason for perceived party influence on voting is due to the fact that legislators have similar beliefs and represent similar people. However, support for the conditional party government and the party cartel theories is also uncovered. This suggests that legislators cede power to parties in order to help them achieve their goals, namely good policy and reelection.

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