How Representatives Place Their Votes

Title: How Representatives Place Their Votes
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics | Words: 1897 | Pages: 8.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

How Representatives Place Their Votes

Many studies have been done to determine what has the strongest influence on a Representative’s vote, particularly on social issues. Examining just a few of these, it is apparent that there is no strong consensus on this issue. Party, ideology, race, constituency, or any combination of these has been suggested as the major influence on the modern Congressperson. Jerrold Schneider argues that ideology has the strongest impact on how a Representative will vote. He …showed first 75 words of 1897 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1897 total…Calls, and Constituencies (Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1974). Johnson, Ronald, “Book Review: A Political –Economical History of Roll Call Voting,” Journal of Economic History, vol. 58 (June 1998), 600-601. Schneider, Jerrold, Ideological Coalitions in Congress (Washington D.C. : University press of America, 1980). Serra, George, “ Book Review: The Paradox of Representation,” Congress and the Presidency, vol. 25 (Autumn 1998) , 218-220. Shaffer, William, Party Ideology in the United States Congress (Conneticut : Greenwood Press, 1979). “The Party Unity Definition,” Congressional Quarterly Weekly, vol. 56 (January 3, 1998), 33.

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