The effect of the size of voting blocs on incumbents' roll-call voting and the asymmetric polarization of congress

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-318

  Butler, Daniel M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349239301     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298009788897763     Document Type: Article

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