Journal article
Building Presidential Coalitions Among Cross-Pressured Members of Congress
The western political quarterly., Vol.41(1), pp.47-62
03/01/1988
DOI: 10.1177/106591298804100104
Abstract
This study examines roll-call votes in the House of Representatives identified by the White House as "critical" motions during the period 1961-67 to determine the extent to which cross-pressured but supportive Democrats supported the presidents' positions by means other than voting for them. I demonstrate that presidents seek the use of four alternative means of providing support: abstaining rather than voting against the president; pairing for or pairing against rather than voting against the president; and switching one's position from support to opposition between critical interim motions and less vital final passage motions. Findings demonstrate that both northern and southern cross-pressured supportive Democrats abstain on key votes more often than consonantly pressured supporters, and that cross-pressured supportive southern Democrats pair off in support, pair off in opposition, and switch their positions between interim and final passage motions more often than consonantly pressured supportive southern Democrats.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Building Presidential Coalitions Among Cross-Pressured Members of Congress
- Creators
- C R Covington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The western political quarterly., Vol.41(1), pp.47-62
- DOI
- 10.1177/106591298804100104
- ISSN
- 0043-4078
- eISSN
- 2325-8675
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/1988
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983982928702771
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