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Keith T. Poole And Howard Rosenthal Have Analyzed 16 Million Individual Roll Call Votes Spanning The Two Centuries Since The Two Houses Of Congress Began Recording Votes In 1789. By Tracing The Voting Patterns Of Congress Throughout The Country's History, Poole And Rosenthal Find That, Despite A Wide Array Of Issues Facing Legislators, Over 80% Of A Legislator's Voting Decisions Can Be Attributed To A Consistent Ideological Position Ranging From Ultraconservatism To Ultraliberalism. The Authors Utilize Roll Call Voting As A Framework For A Novel Interpretation Of Important Episodes In American Political And Economic History. Using A Simple Geometric Model Of Voting, Congress Demonstrates That Roll Call Voting Has A Very Simple Structure And That, For Most Of American History, Roll Call Voting Patterns Have Maintained A Core Stability Based On Two Great Issues: The Extent Of Government Regulation Of, And Intervention In, The Economy; And Race. With The Exception Of The Civil War Period, The Major Political Parties Have Been Organized Around The Issue Of Government Intervention In The Economy. Although Political Parties Are The Critical Element In Promoting Stable Voting Alignments,

Author

Poole, Keith T., Rosenthal, Howard

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195142426