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Party Voting in the United States Congress

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  • Patterson, Samuel C.
  • Caldeira, Gregory A.

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By the standard of most European parliaments, levels of party voting in the United States Congress are relatively low. Nevertheless, party voting does occur in the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the American context, a party vote occurs when majorities of the two congressional parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, oppose one another. The authors construct measurements of levels of party voting in Congress in the years after the Second World War. They then develop a model to test the effects of a number of independent variables that influence fluctuations in party voting levels over time. The study models the time series for party voting and demonstrates striking differences between the House and Senate in the correlates of partisan cleavage.

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  • Patterson, Samuel C. & Caldeira, Gregory A., 1988. "Party Voting in the United States Congress," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(1), pages 111-131, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:18:y:1988:i:01:p:111-131_00
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