Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data
Abstract: Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed by politicians, but conclusive evidence about who lead [...]
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000352
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Who Punishes Extremist Nominees? Candidate Ideology and Turning Out the Base in US Elections
Abstract: Political observers, campaign experts, and academics alike argue bitterly over whether it is more important for a party to capture ideologically moderate swing voters or to encourage turnout among hardcore partisans. The behavioral l [...]
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000023
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Women’s Representation and the Gendered Pipeline to Power
Abstract: The leading explanation for the underrepresentation of women in American politics is that women are less likely to run for office than men, but scholars have given less attention in recent years to the gender makeup of the pipeline t [...]
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000404
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