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were first televised, senators have been influenced more by partisanship and ideology than by nominee candor. To test this …
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In this paper we measure and explain the levels of ideological congruence between representatives and their represented in Latin America. The ideological congruence between political parties and their voters is an appropriate indicator of the responsiveness of the rulers to the demands of the...
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This paper analyzes the role of political discussion during the 2008 election campaign with a special focus on how …
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This paper examines mass perceptions of candidate ideology during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. On the one hand …, ideology should provide a useful cue for citizens to sort out the differences among the contenders for the presidency. On the …. Similar processes could easily be occurring for ideology, as well. Therefore, the analysis below presents a model of …
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What do voters think when outside powers become de facto participants in a country's election? We conceptualize two …
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.S. House of Representative vote shares using congressional election data. We quantify the magnitude of these factors using a …
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controlling for ideology. These results may indicate that Catholic theology is different from Protestant or Jewish theology. It is …
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produce the most accountable justices. The results of our hazard models show that justices in partisan election states have …
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cases based solely on their political preferences and ideology. Law and precedent, these advocates say, provide no more than … convenient rationalizations. At this point, there is little doubt that the political attitudes and ideology of the justices on …
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How does a U.S. court of appeals deal with a Supreme Court intervention into its ongoing work? A law-changing ruling affects not only the immediate parties but also many factually similar or related cases, and the affected court must cope with the situation. Mandates in recently-decided cases...
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