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Out of Step, Out of Office: Electoral Accountability and House Members' Voting
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Does a typical House member need to worry about the electoral ramifications of his roll-call decisions? We investigate the relationship between incumbents' electoral performance and roll-call support for their party—controlling for district ideology, challenger quality, and campaign spending, among other factors—through a series of tests of the 1956–1996 elections. The tests produce three key findings indicating that members are indeed accountable for their legislative voting. First, in each election, an incumbent receives a lower vote share the more he supports his party. Second, this effect is comparable in size to that of other widely recognized electoral determinants. Third, a member's probability of retaining office decreases as he offers increased support for his party, and this relationship holds for not only marginal, but also safe members.
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- Authors
- CANES-WRONE, B., BRADY, D. W., & COGAN, J. F.
- Venue
- American Political Science Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 127-140
- ISSN
- 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5943
- OpenAlex
- W2154862029
- Cited by
- 831
- References
- 49
- FWCI
- 66.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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