scholarly journals The Effects of Charges of Corruption on Voting Behavior in Congressional Elections

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Peters ◽  
Susan Welch
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
Electoral Impact ◽  
Electoral Turnout ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This study assesses the electoral impact of charges of corruption on candidates in contests for the U.S. House of Representatives in five elections from 1968 to 1978. This assessment includes a consideration of the victory or defeat of alleged or convicted corrupt candidates, and an examination of the impact of corruption charges on electoral turnout and percentage of votes polled by the accused candidates. While most candidates accused of corruption are reelected, overall they appear to suffer a loss of 6–11 percent from their expected vote. The type of corruption charge is an important determinant of vote loss. Allegations of corruption appear to have little effect on the net turnout.

scholarly journals Majority Black Districts, Republican Ascendancy, and Party Competition in the South, 1988-2000

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 123-139
Author(s):  
Seth C. McKee
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Deep South ◽  
The South ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Impact

This article analyzes the impact of race-based redistricting and the Republican trend on party competition in races for the U.S. House of Representatives in the South from 1988 to 2000. The region is divided into sub-regions (Deep and Peripheral) in order to show that the combination of reapportionment and newly created majority black districts disproportionately crowds out white Democratic representatives in the Deep South. It is argued that race-based redistricting serves as an accelerating mechanism that hastens the secular realignment of whites into the Republican Party. Aggregate and individual level data are presented to illustrate the effect of the Republican trend and majority black districts on party competition and voting behavior in congressional elections.

Party Messaging in the U.S. House of Representatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 106591292110297
Author(s):  
Tyler Hughes ◽  
Gregory Koger
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Substantive Content ◽  
Legislative Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
Party Members ◽  
The U.S

Both Congressional parties compete to promote their own reputations while damaging the opposition party’s brand. This behavior affects both policy-making agendas and the party members’ communications with the media and constituents. While there has been ample study of partisan influence on legislative agenda-setting and roll call voting behavior, much less is known about the parties’ efforts to shape the public debate. This paper analyzes two strategic decisions of parties: the timing of collective efforts to influence the public policy debate and the substantive content of these “party messaging” events. These dynamics are analyzed using a unique dataset of 50,195 one-minute speeches delivered on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2016. We find a pattern of strategic matching—both parties are more likely to engage in concurrent messaging efforts, often on the same issue.

The Impact of Political System and Culture on Political Advertising

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Advertising ◽  
The United States ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This study examines the impact of political system and culture on political advertising of the United States, Japan and Korea. The population of this study was defined as all political ads appearing in major daily newspapers during the 1963–1997 presidential election campaigns in the U.S. and Korea, and the House of Representatives' election campaigns in Japan. A total of 695 political newspaper ads were content-analyzed in this study. Results of the study showed that there were differences in types, valences and appeals of political advertising of the U.S., Japan and Korea. Also, discussions based on study results showed mixed and intertwined arguments against or for the expectations for this study.

Understanding the Gender and Partisan Dynamics of Abortion Voting in the House of Representatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Kelly L. Rolfes-Haase ◽  
Michele L. Swers
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Pro Life

Abstract Analyzing votes on abortion-related legislation from the 103rd (1993–94) to the 115th (2017–18) Congresses, we find that both gender and party influence members’ voting behavior. Among Republicans, women are more likely than men to oppose pro-life initiatives, although the impact of gender attenuates over time. Among Democrats, apparent gender differences in voting behavior are explained by the nature of the districts they represent. We also find that the type of abortion issue impacts the influence of gender. Republican women are more likely than Republican men to defect on policies that highlight women's autonomy, such as on bills related to contraception, while Democratic men are more likely than Democratic women to support legislation related to abortion bans. These gender differences reflect a complex dynamic of members’ responsiveness to public opinion on specific issues and party efforts to influence that opinion in ways that favor perceptions of party issue expertise.

The Impact of the Australian Ballot on Member Behavior in the U.S. House of Representatives

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill N. Wittrock ◽  
Stephen C. Nemeth ◽  
Howard Sanborn ◽  
Brian DiSarro ◽  
Peverill Squire
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Agenda Setting in Congressional Elections: The Impact of Issues and Campaigns on Voting Behavior

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen G. Abbe ◽  
Jay Goodliffe ◽  
Paul S. Herrnson ◽  
Kelly D. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of Candidate Sex on Evaluations of Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives*

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Dolan
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

The Impact of Presidential Campaigning for Congress on Presidential Support in the U.S. House of Representatives

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL S. HERRNSON ◽  
IRWIN L. MORRIS ◽  
JOHN MCTAGUE
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Presidential Campaigning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Costly Jobs: Trade-related Layoffs, Government Compensation, and Voting in U.S. Elections

2011 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOTAM MARGALIT
Keyword(s):  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Foreign Competition ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Plant Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Income Assistance ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The U.S

Does globalization's impact on the labor market affect how people vote? I address this question using a new dataset based on plant-level data that measures the impact of foreign competition on the U.S. workforce over an 8-year period. Analyzing change in the president's vote share, I find that voters were substantially more sensitive to the loss of local jobs when it resulted from foreign competition, particularly from offshoring, than to job losses caused by other factors. Yet, I also find that between 2000 and 2004, the anti-incumbent effect of trade-related job losses was smaller in areas where the government certified more of the harmed workers to receive special job training and income assistance. The findings have implications for understanding the impact of international economic integration on voting behavior, as well as for assessing the electoral effect of government programs designed to compensate the losers from globalization.

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