Do Scandals Matter?

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI:10.1177/10659129231185532

Brandon Rottinghaus

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Political science research is conflicted about the impact of political scandals on survival in office. Scholars have found strong negative impacts to some scandals but others have found minimal or no effects. The literature has explored several consequences but no one work examines them collectively. This article examines presidential, gubernatorial, and Congressional scandals from 1972 to 2021 to assess the impact of scandal in a polarizing America. We find the negative consequences from scandals vary across time and institutions. Scandals in the Watergate era led to more resignations in Congress but fewer resignations of White House officials in the 1990s. During the Trump administration, White House officials did not survive in office at rates greater than past eras, demonstrating little support for the “Trump Effect.” However, politicians generally survived scandal more in the polarized era, hinting at the changing role of political scandals.

查看原文本刊更多论文

丑闻很重要吗？

政治科学研究对政治丑闻对政治生存的影响存在矛盾。学者们发现一些丑闻会产生强烈的负面影响，但也有人发现影响很小或没有影响。文献已经探讨了几种后果，但没有一项工作对它们进行了综合研究。本文考察了1972年至2021年间的总统、州长和国会丑闻，以评估丑闻对两极分化的美国的影响。我们发现丑闻的负面影响因时间和制度而异。20世纪90年代，水门事件时代的丑闻导致国会辞职人数增加，但白宫官员辞职人数减少。在特朗普执政期间，白宫官员在任期间的存活率并没有高于过去的时代，这表明对“特朗普效应”的支持很少。但是，在两极化的时代，政治家们更容易从丑闻中幸存下来，这暗示了政治丑闻的作用正在发生变化。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Political Research Quarterly POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

4.80%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： Political Research Quarterly (PRQ) is the official journal of the Western Political Science Association. PRQ seeks to publish scholarly research of exceptionally high merit that makes notable contributions in any subfield of political science. The editors especially encourage submissions that employ a mixture of theoretical approaches or multiple methodologies to address major political problems or puzzles at a local, national, or global level. Collections of articles on a common theme or debate, to be published as short symposia, are welcome as well as individual submissions.