Electoral Proximity and Issue-Specific Responsiveness

IF 2.9 1区社会学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Public Opinion Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-11 DOI:10.1093/poq/nfad031

Michael Pomirchy

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Abstract

Abstract Do elections increase responsiveness of legislators to their constituents? Previous studies that examine the effect of electoral proximity have been unable to hold the roll-call agenda constant and control for differences in unobserved covariates between legislators. This paper utilizes a natural experiment in four state legislatures—Arkansas, Illinois, Florida, and Texas—where term length was randomly assigned. This design compares the responsiveness to constituency opinion of those randomly assigned to a two-year term to those assigned a four-year term on different issue areas, like the economy, environment, and crime. I find no evidence for an electoral proximity effect on responsiveness. In addition, in the Illinois State Senate, the causal effect of electoral proximity on responsiveness is measured on several individual roll-call votes, including the legalization of medical marijuana and gay marriage.

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选举临近性和针对具体问题的响应性

选举是否增加了立法者对选民的回应?以前的研究考察了选举邻近性的影响，无法保持唱名议程不变，也无法控制立法者之间未观察到的协变量的差异。本文在阿肯色州、伊利诺伊州、佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州四个州的立法机构进行了自然实验，其中任期长度是随机分配的。这个设计比较了在不同的问题领域，如经济、环境和犯罪，被随机分配为两年任期的人和被分配为四年任期的人对选民意见的反应。我没有发现选举临近对反应性有影响的证据。此外，在伊利诺伊州参议院，选举临近对反应的因果效应是通过几个单独的唱名投票来衡量的，包括医用大麻合法化和同性恋婚姻。

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Public Opinion Quarterly Multiple-

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4.40

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2.90%

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