The Determinants of Congressional Behavior: A "Weighted Averages" Model of Party and Constituency Influence on Members' Votes

The Determinants of Congressional Behavior: A "Weighted Averages" Model of Party and Constituency Influence on Members' Votes

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I model representatives' voting behavior as a weighted average of constituency and party positions. These weights can then be used to investigate hypotheses about the components of member behavior, its causes, and its consequences.

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Jessee, Stephen. "The Determinants of Congressional Behavior: A "Weighted Averages" Model of Party and Constituency Influence on Members' Votes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 07, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p84528_index.html>

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Jessee, S. A. , 2005-04-07 "The Determinants of Congressional Behavior: A "Weighted Averages" Model of Party and Constituency Influence on Members' Votes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p84528_index.html

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Abstract: I model representatives' voting behavior as a weighted average of constituency and party positions. These weights can then be used to investigate hypotheses about the components of member behavior, its causes, and its consequences.

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Weighing Their Options PARTY AND CONSTITUENCY INFLUENCE IN CONGRESSIONAL VOTING STEPHEN JESSEE Abstract. In this paper I propose a model that estimates the relative weight Senators place on party and on constituency when making voting decisions. Unlike previous research my technique simultaneously estimates these two effects and allows the estimated weights to vary across members. These esti- mates have wide applications in testing theories about legislators' incentives and goals. Congress scholars have long argued that legislators who are more

Legislators' RAND Journal of Economics 28 89. Jackman S. (2004) 'Bayesian Analysis in Political Science' Annual Reviews of Political Science 37(3) 805-811. Joshua Clinton S.J. & Rivers D. (2004) 'The Statistical Analysis of Roll Call Data' American Political Science Review 98(2) 355-70. PARTY AND CONSTITUENCY INFLUENCE IN CONGRESSIONAL VOTING 14 Levitt S. (1996) 'How do senators vote? Disentangling the role of voter pref- erences party affiliation and senate ideology' American Economic Review 86(3) 425-41. Mayhew D.R. (1974) Congress: The

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