A Response to Bernstein

Authors

  • Brad Lockerbie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1992.13.0.361-362

Abstract

Robert A. Bernstein’s comment on my paper asks some intriguing questions and raises some important concerns that should be addressed. First, I will discuss the selection procedure for the roll-call votes. Second, I will discuss the interpretation of the findings regarding the marginality hypothesis. Third, I will offer an additional explanation for the findings in my paper.

References

Asher, Herbert B. and Herbert F. Weisberg. 1978. Voting Change in Congress: Some Dynamic Perspectives on an Evolutionary Process. American Journal of Political Science 22: 391-425.

Clausen, Aage. 1973. How CongressmenDecide: A Policy Focus. New York: St.Martin's.

Erikson, Robert S. 1978. Constituency Opinion and Congressional Behavior: A Reexamination of the Miller-Stokes Representation Data. American Journal of Political Science 22: 511-535.

______ , Norman R. Luttbeg, and William V. Holloway. 1975. Knowing One's District: How Legislators Predict Referendum Voting. American Journal of Political Science 19: 231-246.

Ladha, Krishna K. 1991. A Spatial Model of Legislative Voting with Perceptual Error. Public Choice 68: 151-174.

Miller, Warren E. and Donald E. Stokes. 1963. Constituency Influence in Congress. American Political Science Review 57: 45-56.

Poole, Keith and Howard Rosenthal. 1985. A Spatial Model for Legislative Roll Call Analysis. American Journal of Political Science 29: 357-384.

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Published

1992-11-01

Issue

Vol. 13: Autumn 1992

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Articles

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