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Constituency Opinion and Congressional Policy Making: The Reagan Defense Buildup
Abstract
Rrepresentatives' votes on a series of defense budget roll calls in the first year of the Reagan administration's Pentagon buildup are related to constituency opinions on defense spending during the 1980 election campaign. The strong aggregate constituency demand for increased defense spending in 1980 is estimated to have added almost $17 billion (about 10%) to the total fiscal year 1982 Pentagon appropriation. The impact of constituency opinion was largely independent of specific political circumstances: differential responsiveness in districts with partisan turnover, intense districtlevel competition, and strong presidential coattails together accounted for less than $1 billion in additional appropriations, with the remaining $16 billion attributable to across-the-board responsiveness by even the most safely incumbent representatives.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bartels, L. M.
- Venue
- American Political Science Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1991-06
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 457-474
- ISSN
- 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5943
- OpenAlex
- W2101285173
- Cited by
- 462
- References
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- FWCI
- 36.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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