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A Scale Analysis of the Voting Records of Senators Kennedy, Johnson and Goldwater, 1957–1960

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  • Gray, Charles H.

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This article reports the results of a scale analysis of the votes cast by three prominent senators, two Democrats and a Republican, on legislative measures pending during the second term of the Eisenhower administration. My method employed the Guttman scaling technique to identify the ideological issues presented in the roll calls and to rank the senators according to the positions they took on these issues, looking separately at their records in the 85th and the 86th Congresses. My purpose was twofold: first, to distinguish objectively the differences in the public postures the three men assumed as they voted; and second, to look for movement in the stance of each as the 1960 campaign approached.

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  • Gray, Charles H., 1965. "A Scale Analysis of the Voting Records of Senators Kennedy, Johnson and Goldwater, 1957–1960," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(3), pages 615-621, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:59:y:1965:i:03:p:615-621_07
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