Ideology, electoral incentives, and congressional politics: The republican house class of 1994

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-158

  Crespin, Michael H ^c   Gold, Suzanne M ^a   Rohde, David W ^b,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Political Science Association (APSA)   (United States)

^d Michigan State University ^*

Author keywords

104th Congress; 1994 freshman class; Constituency; Political ideology; Republican revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646512695     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05284413     Document Type: Article

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