R Carroll, JB Lewis, J Lo, KT Poole… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Empirical models of spatial voting allow legislators' locations in a policy or ideological space to be inferred from their roll‐call votes. These are typically random utility models where the …
Social connections between individuals can profoundly impact their political behavior. A growing body of research on legislative politics examines how spatial proximity to fellow …
JH Kim, N Schofield - The Political Economy of Social Choices, 2016 - Springer
Using a survey from a nationally representative sample in the US, this paper applies a spatial model of election to 2012 US Presidential election. Studying 2012 Presidential …
Empirical models of spatial voting allow us to infer legislators' locations in an abstract policy or ideological space using their roll‐call votes. Over the past 25 years, these models have …
A Hoffer - Journal of Public Finance and Public …, 2014 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This study examines voter turnout in US presidential elections from 1960-2008. Specifically, this study contributes to the literature by using a panel spatial econometric model to …
How many dimensions are there in Congressional roll‐call votes? What do dimensions tell us about Congressional politics? Poole and Rosenthal have found one or a very few …
T Weber - Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The spatial theory of elections is widely used to examine how party policy is linked to voter preferences. Three classic models–proximity, direction and discounting–lay claim to the …
JC Battista, M Peress, J Richman - Political Science Research and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
How well are voters represented and what explains how well voters are represented? Answering these questions requires unpacking the mechanisms by which voters choose …
M Pomirchy - Public Opinion Quarterly, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Do elections increase responsiveness of legislators to their constituents? Previous studies that examine the effect of electoral proximity have been unable to hold the roll-call agenda …