Rhetorical and Revealed Opposition to Compromise Among Local and State Legislators

IF 2.4 3区 社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Melody Crowder-Meyer
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Policymaking in democratic governments requires compromise, yet polarized legislators face mixed incentives around compromise. These incentives also vary by gender and party, with women and Democrats facing greater pressure to express support for compromise. I investigate how legislators handle this situation by revealing both how often legislators openly report supporting compromise and legislators' willingness to oppose compromise when they can do so in secret. Drawing on original surveys of local and state legislators, I find that many legislators rhetorically support compromise but oppose compromise surreptitiously. Further, while women and Democrats are equally or more likely than men and Republicans to report supporting compromise when asked directly, this pattern reverses with women and some Democratic legislators opposing compromise more than men and Republicans when they can do so secretly. Evidence suggests this is due, in part, to women and Democrats being more likely to seek office due to policy issue motivations.

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地方和州议员对妥协的口头和公开反对
民主政府的政策制定需要妥协,但两极分化的立法者面临着妥协的复杂动机。这些激励措施也因性别和党派而异,女性和民主党人面临更大的压力,要表达对妥协的支持。我调查了立法者如何处理这种情况,揭示了立法者公开报告支持妥协的频率,以及立法者在可以秘密反对妥协的情况下反对妥协的意愿。根据对地方和州议员的原始调查,我发现许多议员口头上支持妥协,但暗地里反对妥协。此外,尽管女性和民主党人在被直接问及支持妥协时,与男性和共和党人相比,更有可能表示支持妥协,但这一模式正好相反,当女性和一些民主党议员可以秘密地进行妥协时,她们比男性和共和党人更反对妥协。有证据表明,这在一定程度上是由于女性和民主党人更有可能出于政策问题的动机而竞选公职。
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Legislative Studies Quarterly
Legislative Studies Quarterly POLITICAL SCIENCE-
CiteScore
2.60
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13.30%
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36
期刊介绍: The Legislative Studies Quarterly is an international journal devoted to the publication of research on representative assemblies. Its purpose is to disseminate scholarly work on parliaments and legislatures, their relations to other political institutions, their functions in the political system, and the activities of their members both within the institution and outside. Contributions are invited from scholars in all countries. The pages of the Quarterly are open to all research approaches consistent with the normal canons of scholarship, and to work on representative assemblies in all settings and all time periods. The aim of the journal is to contribute to the formulation and verification of general theories about legislative systems, processes, and behavior.
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