Are Loyal Majority Party Members More Successful in the U.S. House of Representatives?
Edward B. Hasecke Wittenberg University Jason D. Mycoff University of Delaware Majority Party leaders are hypothesized, through their control of the legislative schedule in the House of Representatives, to use legislative success as a selective incentive to encourage majority party members to contribute to the collective goals of the party. Members can demonstrate party loyalty through floor voting and financial contributions to the party’s re-election efforts. This article examines legislative success from the 103rd through 107th Congresses. The evidence shows that both demonstrations of party loyalty have a significant effect on legislative success. Key Words: party loyalty legislative success party government This version was published on December 1, 2007 Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 4, 607-617 (2007) DOI: 10.1177/1065912907305754 CiteULike Complore Connotea Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Technorati Twitter What’s this?
