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The United State: Nationalization and Its Consequences for State Legislatures431 views
Author
Burke, Richard, Government - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Kirkland, Justin, AS-Dept of Politics, University of Virginia
Abstract
This research explores the relationship between nationalization and legislative behavior/legislative outcomes. Nationalization in this context refers to split-ticket voting between national and state offices (Hopkins 2018). I theorize that the extent to which a state is “nationalized” should have consequences for how legislators behave and how legislatures function. If legislators know they are evaluated by the same criteria as national representatives, they have electoral incentives to provide their constituents with the partisan cues that animate national politics. Preliminary analyses suggest that while nationalization does not appear to impact in-chamber behavior, it does have consequences for state policy outcomes.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
Nationalization; State and local politics; Legislative politics
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Burke, Richard. The United State: Nationalization and Its Consequences for State Legislatures. University of Virginia, Government - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2019-04-26, https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-gfer-3e51.
