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Americans, Congress and Democratic Responsiveness - Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences (Paperback, Expanded ed.)
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Americans, Congress and Democratic Responsiveness - Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences (Paperback, Expanded ed.)
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Jones and McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by
finding that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the
popular depiction of the representatives controlling the
represented rampant in the political science literature, Jones and
McDermott show that the people are in control, determining not only
the direction of policy in Congress, but also who stays, who
retires, and who faces difficult reelection efforts. This book
makes an important correction to our understanding of how Congress
operates. Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin. Voters
may not know the details of specific policies, but they have a
general sense of how well Congress serves their own interests; and
astute politicians pay attention to public approval ratings. When
the majority party is unpopular, as during the 2008 election, both
voters and politicians take a hand in reconfiguring the House and
the Senate. Voters throw hard-line party members out of office
while candidates who continue to run under the party banner
distance themselves from party ideology. In this way, public
approval directly affects policy shifts as well as turnovers at
election time. Contrary to the common view of Congress as an
insulated institution, Jones and McDermott argue that Congress is
indeed responsive to the people of the United States.|""Jones and
McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by finding
that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the popular
depiction of the representatives controlling the represented
rampant in the political science literature, Jones and McDermott
show that the people are in control, determining not only the
direction of policy in Congress, but also who stays, who retires,
and who faces difficult reelection efforts. This book makes an
important correction to our understanding of how Congress
operates."" Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin.
Voters may not know the details of specific policies, but they have
a general sense of how well Congress serves their own interests;
and astute politicians pay attention to public approval ratings.
When the majority party is unpopular, as during the 2008 election,
both voters and politicians take a hand in reconfiguring the House
and the Senate. Voters throw hard-line party members out of office
while candidates who continue to run under the party banner
distance themselves from party ideology. In this way, public
approval directly affects policy shifts as well as turnovers at
election time. Contrary to the common view of Congress as an
insulated institution, Jones and McDermott argue that Congress is
indeed responsive to the people of the United States.
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