Constituency cleavages and partisan outcomes in the American state legislatures

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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Bryan D.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTrubowitz, Peteren
dc.creatorMyers, Adam Shalmoneen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-26T16:43:45Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:22:56Z
dc.date.available2011-07-26T16:43:45Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:22:56Z
dc.date.issued2011-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2011en
dc.date.updated2011-07-26T16:43:54Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractI focus on three district-level demographic variables indicative of contemporary social cleavages, and construct measures of their influences on partisan representation in American state legislatures during the 1999-2000 years. Using these measures, I examine a series of questions concerning the relationship between social cleavages and state legislative outcomes. I find that district racial composition is the most important constituency-based factor influencing partisan representation and voting in legislatures, but that other constituency variables are also important under various circumstances. I also present OLS regression analyses demonstrating the independent effect of the overall representation of social cleavages on levels of legislative polarization.en
dc.description.departmentGovernmenten
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2664en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2664en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectLegislatureen
dc.subjectPolitical demographyen
dc.subjectUnited Statesen
dc.subjectParty politicsen
dc.subjectPartisanshipen
dc.subjectRace and electionsen
dc.subjectVotingen
dc.subjectLegislationen
dc.subjectPolitics and governmenten
dc.titleConstituency cleavages and partisan outcomes in the American state legislaturesen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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