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The Effect of Concurrent Congressional and Presidential Elections: District Level Relative Vote and Presidential Support in Congress
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Scholarship on the American Presidency seems to have reached a consensus that the largest determinants of Presidential success in the legislative arena is the number of seats controlled by the President's party, followed by ideological affinity, and presidential public approval [e.g. Bond and Fleisher 2000; Edwards 1989; Jones 1994; Peterson 1990]. However there is still far more variance in Congressional voting behavior on Presidential requests left unexplained than has been explained by these factors. This paper examines the relationship between the relative popular vote received the President and the member of Congress at the District level from 1952-2000 and Congressional voting behavior. By looking at each individual to serve in Congress in the period, I create a panel dataset that can be analyzed with fixed effects for each individual who has served in Congress. The panel data analysis finds that, in addition to the factors identified in the existing literature, relative District level election results are an important indicator in determining the level of support members of Congress give to Presidential legislative requests.
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Mann, Christopher. "The Effect of Concurrent Congressional and Presidential Elections: District Level Relative Vote and Presidential Support in Congress" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 Online <.PDF>. 2008-08-16 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83216_index.html>

Mann, C. B. (2004, Apr) "The Effect of Concurrent Congressional and Presidential Elections: District Level Relative Vote and Presidential Support in Congress" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF> Retrieved 2008-08-16 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83216_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Scholarship on the American Presidency seems to have reached a consensus that the largest determinants of Presidential success in the legislative arena is the number of seats controlled by the President's party, followed by ideological affinity, and presidential public approval [e.g. Bond and Fleisher 2000; Edwards 1989; Jones 1994; Peterson 1990]. However there is still far more variance in Congressional voting behavior on Presidential requests left unexplained than has been explained by these factors. This paper examines the relationship between the relative popular vote received the President and the member of Congress at the District level from 1952-2000 and Congressional voting behavior. By looking at each individual to serve in Congress in the period, I create a panel dataset that can be analyzed with fixed effects for each individual who has served in Congress. The panel data analysis finds that, in addition to the factors identified in the existing literature, relative District level election results are an important indicator in determining the level of support members of Congress give to Presidential legislative requests.

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