Yet shifts in party affiliation among US House and Senate members have been rare. Specifically, only 38 Senators and 160 House members switched parties over a 163-year period (Nokken and Poole 2004). 1doi:10.1057/9780230622555_4Timothy P. Nokken...
Jim DeFede talks to Cassel, who breaks her silence about switching her political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Jan 19 Florida State Rep. Gottlieb reacts to Cassell's departure from Democratic Party State Rep. Hillary Cassel is the second former Democratic lawmaker in Florida to ...
This is empirically studied by interacting governors’ party affiliation with measures that capture the strength of different economic interests that could eventually act against or in favor of renewable energy deployment. Economic interests opposing renewable energy are proxied by alternative measures of ...
In this paper, we develop a formal model of ambition theory, extending it to account for the choice of party affiliation. We begin by translating the expected utility, “calculus of candidacy” to the choice party affiliation. The model is then used to develop two game-theoretic models of af...
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Religion in the legislative arena: Affiliation, salience, advocacy, and public policymaking Religion is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that informs politics in various ways. This article examines the effects of religious affiliation, re... Yamane,Oldmixon,EA - 《Legis Stud Quart》 被引量...
of the party’s MPs leaving the party (Pekkanen and Reed, this volume). In the weeks immediately prior to the election, a steady trickle of MPs left the party as well. All told, despite a smashing victory in 2009 with 309 (out of 480) seats in the House of Representatives (HR), ...
Congresspeople are there in Washington to speak for their home state, not just those with whom they share party affiliation. I think bold actions like those being take by Senator Lieberman illustrate that it is vision and competency that make a leader, not loyalty to an abstract political party...
3) The Dem-NPL opposes regulation of immigration based on race or religious affiliation. 4) The Dem-NPL supports the DREAM Act and other efforts and legislation which offers a pathway to citizenship for those who enjoyed eligibility in the DACA program. ...
Party Switching and the Procedural Party Agenda in the US House of Representatives The importance of party affiliation in the United States may seem difficult to establish. Legislative parties in the United States are rather loose confederations of individuals who share a common party label but lack...