Book contents
- Governing in a Polarized Age
- Governing in a Polarized Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Political Representation and Democratic Accountability
- 2 The Electoral Connection, Age 40
- 3 The Electoral Connection, Then and Now
- 4 The Congressional Incumbency Advantage over Sixty Years
- 5 A Baseline for Incumbency Effects
- Part II Continuity and Change in Party Organizations
- Part III Partisanship and Governmental Performance
- Part IV Conclusions
- Index
- References
3 - The Electoral Connection, Then and Now
from Part I - Political Representation and Democratic Accountability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2016
Book contents
- Governing in a Polarized Age
- Governing in a Polarized Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Political Representation and Democratic Accountability
- 2 The Electoral Connection, Age 40
- 3 The Electoral Connection, Then and Now
- 4 The Congressional Incumbency Advantage over Sixty Years
- 5 A Baseline for Incumbency Effects
- Part II Continuity and Change in Party Organizations
- Part III Partisanship and Governmental Performance
- Part IV Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Governing in a Polarized AgeElections, Parties, and Political Representation in America, pp. 35 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
References
Abramowitz, Alan I. 2010. The Disappearing Center: Engaged Citizens, Polarization, and American Democracy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.Google Scholar
Ansolabehere, Stephen. 2013. Cooperative Congressional Election Study, 2012: Common Content [Computer File]. Release 1: March 13, 2013. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University [producer].Google Scholar
Bafumi, Joseph, and Shapiro, Robert Y.. 2009. “A New Partisan Voter.” Journal of Politics 71:1–24.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cain, Bruce, Ferejohn, John, and Fiorina, Morris P.. 1987. The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence. Boston: Harvard University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cohen, Michael. 2012. “Did Republicans Deliberately Crash the U.S. Economy?” Guardian, June 12, at www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/09/did-republicans-deliberately-crash-us-economy.Google Scholar
Currinder, Marian. 2003. “Leadership PAC Contribution Strategies and House Member Ambitions.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 28:551–577.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Currinder, Marian. 2008. Money in the House: Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.Google Scholar
Erikson, Robert S. 1971. “The Advantage of Incumbency in Congressional Elections.” Polity 3:395–405.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fenno, Richard F. Jr. 1978. Home Style: House Members in Their Districts. Boston: Little Brown.Google Scholar
Gelman, Andrew, and King, Gary. 1990. “Measuring Incumbency without Bias.” American Journal of Political Science 34:1142–1164.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Greeley, Brendan. 2013. “Earmarks: The Reluctant Case for Ending the Ban.” Business Week, January 10, at www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-10/earmarks-the-reluctant-case-for-ending-the-ban.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 1996. “The 1994 House Elections in Perspective.” Political Science Quarterly 111:203–223.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2000. “Party Polarization in National Politics: The Electoral Connection.” In Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era, ed. Bond, Jon R. and Fleisher, Richard. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 9–30.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2003. “Partisan Polarization in Presidential Support: The Electoral Connection.” Congress and the Presidency 30:1–36.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2006. “The Polls: Polarized Opinion in the States: Partisan Differences in the Approval Ratings of Governors, Senators, and George W. Bush.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 36:732–757.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2010. “A Collective Dilemma Solved: The Distribution of Party Campaign Resources in the 2006 and 2008 Congressional Elections.” Election Law Journal 9:381–397.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2011a. A Divider, Not a Uniter: George W. Bush and the American People, 2nd ed. New York: Longman.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2011b. “Legislative Success and Political Failure: The Public’s Reaction to Barack Obama’s Early Presidency.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 41:219–242.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2011c. “The Republican Resurgence in 2010.” Political Science Quarterly 126:27–52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2013a. “Congress: Partisanship and Polarization.” In The Elections of 2012, ed. Nelson, Michael. Washington, DC: CQ Press.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2013b. “The Economy and Partisanship in the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections.” Political Science Quarterly 128:1–38.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2013c. “No Compromise: The Electoral Origins of Legislative Gridlock.” In Principles and Practice in American Politics, 5th ed., ed. Kernell, Samuel and Smith, Steven. Washington, DC: CQ Press.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2013d. “Partisanship, Money, and Competition: Elections and the Transformation of Congress since the 1970s.” In Congress Reconsidered, 10th ed., ed. Dodd, Lawrence C. and Oppenheimer, Bruce I.. Washington, DC: CQ Press.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2013e. The Politics of Congressional Elections, 8th ed. New York: Pearson.Google Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2015a. “It’s Nothing Personal: The Decline of the Incumbency Advantage in U.S. House Elections,” Journal of Politics 77:861–873.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jacobson, Gary C. 2015b. “Obama and Nationalized Electoral Politics in the 2014 Midterm,” Political Science Quarterly 130:1–26.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kostroski, Warren Lee. 1973. “Party and Incumbency in Postwar Senate Elections: Trends, Patterns, and Models.” American Political Science Review 67:1213–1234.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Koszczuk, Jackie. 1995. “Freshmen: New Powerful Voice.” Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 53 (October 28):3251.Google Scholar
Levendusky, Matthew. 2009. The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Malecha, Gary Lee, and Reagan, Daniel J.. 2012. The Public Congress: Congressional Deliberation in a New Media Age. New York: Routledge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mayhew, David R. 1974a. Congress: The Electoral Connection. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.Google Scholar
Mayhew, David R. 1974b. “Congressional Elections: The Case of the Vanishing Marginals.” Polity 6:295–317.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Parker, Ashley. 2013. “Republicans, Led by Rand Paul, Finally End Filibuster.” New York Times, March 6, at http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/rand-paul-does-not-go-quietly-into-the-night/.Google Scholar
Steinhauer, Jennifer. 2013. “Divided House Passes Tax Deal to End Latest Fiscal Standoff.” New York Times, January 1, at www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/us/politics/house-takes-on-fiscal-cliff.html?pagewanted=all.Google Scholar
Theriault, Sean M., and Rohde, David. 2011. “The Gingrich Senators and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate.” Journal of Politics 73:1011–1024.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ungar, Rick. 2012. “Why Congress Cannot Operate Without the Bribing Power of Earmarks.” Forbes, December 12, at www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/12/29/why-congress-cannot-operate-without-the-bribing-power-of-earmarks/.Google Scholar
Wasserman, David. 2012. “House Overview: How House Democrats Beat the Point Spread.” Cook Political Report, November 8, at http://cookpolitical.com/house.Google Scholar
Young, Kerry. 2010. “An Earmark by Any Other Name.” CQ Weekly, November 22, 2698– 2700.Google Scholar
- 3
- Cited by