Voting behavior in the US House and Senate: Regional shifts and contemporary changes in party coalitions

Party Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-241

  Cover, Albert D ^a   Pinney, Neil ^b   Serra, George ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Party cohesion; Regions; US Congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040493828     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068897003002004     Document Type: Article

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