Income, Ideology, and Representation

Do legislators represent the rich better than they represent the poor? Recent work provides mixed support for this proposition. I test the hypothesis of differential representation using a data set on the political preferences of 318,537 indiv...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. - Russell Sage Foundation. - 2(2016), 7, Seite 33-50
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Schlagworte:representation ideology Congress Political science Mathematics
LEADER 01000caa a22002652 4500
001 JST132340925
003 DE-627
005 20240625153454.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 220308s2016 xx |||||o 00| ||en c
035 |a (DE-627)JST132340925 
035 |a (JST)rsf.2016.2.7.03 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a en 
245 1 0 |a Income, Ideology, and Representation 
264 1 |c 2016 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Do legislators represent the rich better than they represent the poor? Recent work provides mixed support for this proposition. I test the hypothesis of differential representation using a data set on the political preferences of 318,537 individuals. Evidence of differential representation in the House of Representatives is weak. Support for differential representation is stronger in the Senate. In recent years, representation has occurred primarily through the selection of a legislator from the appropriate party. Although the preferences of higher-income constituents account for more of the variation in legislator voting behavior, higher-income constituents also account for much more of the variation in district preferences. In light of the low level of overall responsiveness, differential responsiveness appears small. 
540 |a © 2016 Russell Sage Foundation 
650 4 |a representation 
650 4 |a ideology 
650 4 |a Congress 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Government  |x Government officials  |x Legislators 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Political organizations  |x Political parties 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Politics  |x Political processes  |x Political elections  |x Congressional elections 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Government  |x Legislative bodies  |x United States Congress  |x United States Senate 
650 4 |a Mathematics  |x Pure mathematics  |x Algebra  |x Coefficients 
650 4 |a Mathematics  |x Applied mathematics  |x Statistics  |x Applied statistics  |x Descriptive statistics  |x Measures of variability  |x Statistical variance 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Government  |x Political systems  |x Political regimes  |x Democracy  |x Representative democracy  |x Constituents  |x Constituent relations 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Government  |x Legislative bodies  |x Legislatures 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Political philosophy  |x Political ideologies  |x Conservatism 
650 4 |a Political science  |x Political philosophy  |x Political ideologies  |x Liberalism 
655 4 |a research-article 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences  |d Russell Sage Foundation  |g 2(2016), 7, Seite 33-50  |w (DE-627)84412849X  |w (DE-600)2841977-7  |x 23778261  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:2  |g year:2016  |g number:7  |g pages:33-50 
856 4 0 |u https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7758/rsf.2016.2.7.03  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_JST 
912 |a GBV_ILN_11 
912 |a GBV_ILN_20 
912 |a GBV_ILN_22 
912 |a GBV_ILN_23 
912 |a GBV_ILN_24 
912 |a GBV_ILN_31 
912 |a GBV_ILN_39 
912 |a GBV_ILN_40 
912 |a GBV_ILN_60 
912 |a GBV_ILN_62 
912 |a GBV_ILN_63 
912 |a GBV_ILN_65 
912 |a GBV_ILN_69 
912 |a GBV_ILN_70 
912 |a GBV_ILN_73 
912 |a GBV_ILN_95 
912 |a GBV_ILN_110 
912 |a GBV_ILN_151 
912 |a GBV_ILN_161 
912 |a GBV_ILN_206 
912 |a GBV_ILN_213 
912 |a GBV_ILN_230 
912 |a GBV_ILN_285 
912 |a GBV_ILN_293 
912 |a GBV_ILN_370 
912 |a GBV_ILN_602 
912 |a GBV_ILN_1200 
912 |a GBV_ILN_2014 
912 |a GBV_ILN_2086 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4012 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4037 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4112 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4125 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4126 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4249 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4305 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4306 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4307 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4313 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4322 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4323 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4324 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4325 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4326 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4335 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4338 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4367 
912 |a GBV_ILN_4700 
951 |a AR 
952 |d 2  |j 2016  |e 7  |h 33-50