Congressional partisanship

Question 1

What’s a party vote?

Answer 1

At Least 50% of members of one party vote against 50% of members of another party
for example in 1972 27% in HOR were part votes compared to it doubling in 2008 to 53.3%

Question 2

What is party unity?

Answer 2

Measuring the internal cohesion of each party on such partisan vote
Partisan score of 90% is more than 55% vut both do the same thing

Question 3

Who says there are 3 priority’s for congress members?

Answer 3

Richard Fenno

Question 4

What are the 3 priority’s according to Richard Fenno?

Answer 4

Re-election
Influence in washington (committees due to pork barreling)
Good public policy

Question 5

What is consonant pressure?

Answer 5

Constituents views, your views and art views all align
e.g. Rep, pro life, no gun control, oppose gay marriage, small govt and tax cuts
where are dems oppose all of this

Question 6

What is cross pressure?

Answer 6

All views of constituents, party and own views are all at odds

Question 7

How were the democrats cross pressured in 1960?

Answer 7

Divided by Civil rights bill by Lyndon Johnson
Mostly held southern states who opposed civil rights whereas the democrats agreed
Lost southern states due to voting for this causing the republicans to become the dominant party in south and dem in north

Question 8

What was congressional partisanship in 1969-1970?

Answer 8

Richard nixon first term he was popular
-Then 160 moderates now only 24
-Party unity dems- 70.9 Rep- 72.1
-Ideological score dem -0.372
Rep- 0.234

Question 9

What was congressional partisanship in 1985-1986?

Answer 9

Party unity
Rep- 77.7 Dem- 86.1
Ideological score
Rep- 0.311 Dem -0.309
-Regan’s second term and still popular introduced reaganomics

Question 10

What was congressional partisanship in 2001-02?

Answer 10

George Bush
Didn’t have mandate
Had cooperation due to 9/11
Party unity score dem- 87.7 and rep- 93.5
Ideological scores dem -0.374 and republican 0.542

Question 11

What was congressional partisanship in 2011-12?

Answer 11

Party unity scores
Dem- 91
Rep- 93.5
Ideological scores
Dem- -0.394
Rep- 0.675
-Obama, very divided

Question 12

Is there growing partisanship?

Answer 12

Yes both party’s moved away from center
Dmrs more liberal
-Nearly 1/2 rep from south
1/2 dem are black, Hispanic or asian