The President's Influence on Congress: Toward an Explanation of Senators' Support for Presidents Carter and Reagan
Description:
This study examines the possible effect of the president's vote totals in states on Presidents Carter's and Reagan's support among senators. Using senators' Congressional Quarterly (CQ) presidential support scores as the dependent variable, this paper hypothesizes that Carter and Reagan's support is significantly and positively related to their electoral success in that Senator's state for the years 1977 through 1988. Several control variables are included to help explain support. There is qual…
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Date:
May 1994
Creator:
Endsley, Stephen C. (Stephen Craig)
Partner:
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