
Nathan W. Monroe (ed.)
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Published online:
21 March 2013
Published in print:
01 October 2008
Online ISBN:
9780226534947
Print ISBN:
9780226534879
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Members' Voting Decisions Members' Voting Decisions
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Parties in the Senate Parties in the Senate
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Constituents Constituents
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Senators, Interest Groups, and Scorecards Senators, Interest Groups, and Scorecards
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Data and Methods Data and Methods
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Empirical Results Empirical Results
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Chapter
4 Scoring the Senate: Scorecards, Parties, and Roll-Call Votes
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Pages
52–70
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Published:October 2008
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OXFORD ACADEMIC STYLE
Roberts, Jason M., and Lauren Cohen Bell, 'Scoring the Senate: Scorecards, Parties, and Roll-Call Votes', in Nathan W. Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, and David W. Rohde (eds), Why Not Parties? Party Effects in the United States Senate (Chicago, IL , 2008; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Mar. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226534947.003.0004, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
CHICAGO STYLE
Roberts, Jason M., and Lauren Cohen Bell. "Scoring the Senate: Scorecards, Parties, and Roll-Call Votes." In Why Not Parties? Party Effects in the United States Senate. Edited by Nathan W. Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, and David W. Rohde (eds). University of Chicago Press, 2008. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226534947.003.0004.
Abstract
This chapter compares the relative success of the majority party in the House and the Senate. After first discussing the theoretical underpinnings of the study, it analyzes the effects of legislative parties, electoral considerations, and interest groups on roll-call voting behaviors. The results indicate that party leaders in the Senate generally are able to secure their preferred outcomes on roll-call votes, but that some senators are willing to defect from their parties' preferred positions when particular interest groups announce their intention to include the votes on their end-of-year or end-of-Congress scorecards.
Keywords:
majority party, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, interest groups, roll-call voting behaviors, party leaders, Congress
Subject
US Politics
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