Many motivations exist that cause legislators to behave strategically when voting. These
include logrolling, towing the party line, or political favor trading. However, it has proven …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How well are voters represented and what explains how well voters are represented?
Answering these questions requires unpacking the mechanisms by which voters choose …

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 …