Constituency cleavages and partisan outcomes in the American state legislatures
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jones, Bryan D. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Trubowitz, Peter | en |
| dc.creator | Myers, Adam Shalmone | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-26T16:43:45Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-26T16:43:45Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2011 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2011-07-26T16:43:54Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | I 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.department | Government | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.slug | 2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2664 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2664 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Legislature | en |
| dc.subject | Political demography | en |
| dc.subject | United States | en |
| dc.subject | Party politics | en |
| dc.subject | Partisanship | en |
| dc.subject | Race and elections | en |
| dc.subject | Voting | en |
| dc.subject | Legislation | en |
| dc.subject | Politics and government | en |
| dc.title | Constituency cleavages and partisan outcomes in the American state legislatures | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Government | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Government | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |