Journal ArticleElectoral Studies · April 1, 2024
Much work has shown that, at all levels, Black citizens tend to be descriptively underrepresented in government. We take up the question of Black descriptive representation at the level of the county legislature, gathering data on the composition of North ...
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Journal ArticlePolitical Behavior · January 1, 2024
Most of the money spent in U.S. congressional campaigns comes from donors residing outside the race’s electoral district. Scholars argue that legislators accepting out-of-district donations become “surrogate representatives” for outside donors. Yet researc ...
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Journal ArticleAmerican Political Science Review · May 8, 2023
A growing body of evidence attests that legislators are sometimes responsive to the policy preferences of citizens in single-party regimes, yet debate surrounds the mechanisms driving this relationship. We experimentally test two potential responsiveness m ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Politics · July 1, 2022
This article builds on recent experimental work in the Vietnamese National Assembly to explore a critical qualification regarding responsiveness in authoritarian parliaments: delegates grow increasingly responsive as the number of peers possessing the same ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Politics · October 1, 2021
We investigate whether communicating constituents’ preferences to legislators increases the responsiveness of delegates to the Vietnamese National Assembly (VNA). Using a randomized control trial, we assign legislators to three groups: (1) those briefed on ...
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Chapter · 2018
In recent decades, the American political system has become increasingly polarized. Has this trend affected the U.S. Supreme Court? In this chapter, we approach the question empirically through seven decades’ worth of data on the nomination, confirmation, ...
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