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Not Enough Representation: The Disconnect between Congress and Its
Citizens examines how representative the United States Congress is
among different demographic groups and how representational issues
affect Americans' perception of Congress, potentially threatening
its legitimacy. The opening chapter analyzes political
representation from the perspective of the nature of the
relationship between voters and legislators, addressing why
Congress is so demographically unrepresentative. The book will then
focuses on outcome-the representativeness of the legislature in
terms of its members' demographic backgrounds. Congress, simply
put, is not demographically representative of the American public.
There are significant gaps between Congress and the American public
on the basis of race, gender, religion, wealth and generation.
Since members of Congress do not adequately represent the diversity
in their electorate, this suggests that Congress in turn does not
make polices that advocate for the citizenry as a whole. The book
first examines the nature of the relationship between citizens and
legislators before analyzing demographic groups in the general
population and comparing their preferences to how Congressional
members of that demographic group legislate. In the process, the
book ties representation to many of the hot-button issues that
polarize both the American public and Congress. Congress is not
descriptively representative of the U.S. population. Many groups of
Americans have historically been, and continue to be,
underrepresented in Congress. More than ever before, this
underrepresentation is troublesome to a substantial number of
Americans-and problematic for American democracy.
In Congressional Budgeting, Patrick Fisher analyzes the problems
inherent in the congressional budget process, and studies why
congress makes the budgetary decisions that it does. In their
desire to limit the 'tyranny of the majority, ' the framers of the
Constitution designed a legislature that would be constrained and
deliberate. While the institutional structure of Congress (i.e.
bicameralism and the committee system) and American government in
general (i.e. separation of powers) make the budget process more
difficult, it does not make producing a sensible budget impossible.
Fisher argues that it is the representational nature of Congress
that makes budgeting such a flawed process. Budgeting requires
Congress to compromise parochial interests for the well being of
the entire nation, focusing on macro-level budget decisions. It is
the parochial nature of congressional budgeting that is key to
understanding the predicament Congress confronts when budgeting.
This book argues that it is now the generational gap that is key to
understanding and defining contemporary American politics, with an
individual's age cohort being one of the most important predictors
of difference in political behavior. Utilizes quantitative data in
the form of American National Election Studies, the 2020 national
Election Pool exit polls, A.P Votecast surveys, and numerous Pew
research Center surveys to demonstrate findings. One of the first
books to factor in the arrival of Generation Z into the electorate
during the 2020 election, identifying how they differ to previous
generations, includign millenials.
Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior examines the
political behavior of various groups in the United States in an
effort to demonstrate how demographic backgrounds and socialization
affect political behavior. Media coverage has disproportionately
focused on the red state versus blue state divide, leaving the
impression that American political behavior is determined solely by
place of residence. This, however, ignores the numerous other
political divides that exist in the United States today. In order
to better conceptualize the landscape of American political
behavior, Patrick Fisher analyzes the political gaps in six
different demographics (income, religion, gender, race, age, and
geography) and examines the effect these political gaps have on
public opinion, policy, and party positioning. Written in an
accessible fashion, Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior
uses contemporary examples and data from the 2008 and 2012
elections to help readers understand how and why demographic
background has the potential to greatly influence political
opinions and behavior.
Not Enough Representation: The Disconnect between Congress and Its
Citizens examines how representative the United States Congress is
among different demographic groups and how representational issues
affect Americans' perception of Congress, potentially threatening
its legitimacy. The opening chapter analyzes political
representation from the perspective of the nature of the
relationship between voters and legislators, addressing why
Congress is so demographically unrepresentative. The book will then
focuses on outcome-the representativeness of the legislature in
terms of its members' demographic backgrounds. Congress, simply
put, is not demographically representative of the American public.
There are significant gaps between Congress and the American public
on the basis of race, gender, religion, wealth and generation.
Since members of Congress do not adequately represent the diversity
in their electorate, this suggests that Congress in turn does not
make polices that advocate for the citizenry as a whole. The book
first examines the nature of the relationship between citizens and
legislators before analyzing demographic groups in the general
population and comparing their preferences to how Congressional
members of that demographic group legislate. In the process, the
book ties representation to many of the hot-button issues that
polarize both the American public and Congress. Congress is not
descriptively representative of the U.S. population. Many groups of
Americans have historically been, and continue to be,
underrepresented in Congress. More than ever before, this
underrepresentation is troublesome to a substantial number of
Americans-and problematic for American democracy.
Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior examines the
political behavior of various groups in the United States in an
effort to demonstrate how demographic backgrounds and socialization
affect political behavior. Media coverage has disproportionately
focused on the red state versus blue state divide, leaving the
impression that American political behavior is determined solely by
place of residence. This, however, ignores the numerous other
political divides that exist in the United States today. In order
to better conceptualize the landscape of American political
behavior, Patrick Fisher analyzes the political gaps in six
different demographics (income, religion, gender, race, age, and
geography) and examines the effect these political gaps have on
public opinion, policy, and party positioning. Written in an
accessible fashion, Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior
uses contemporary examples and data from the 2008 and 2012
elections to help readers understand how and why demographic
background has the potential to greatly influence political
opinions and behavior.
JOHN PARKER has no idea what disease has killed so many and will
kill so many more. He doesn't understand what brings a murderous
fever to otherwise harmless people. He can't begin to understand
how of why a fetus might rip its own way out of the womb. Science
and Satan have pushed human evolution to the brink and in five
years, civilization will very nearly be lost. JOHN PARKER doesn't
know why this will be, not yet. Genetic engineers and a shadowy
government agency have created a race of assassins whose very
production may be the cause. Survivors of the plague worship an
imbecile in Las Vegas in the new America. The church of Satan
fights for recognition and their rightful place in the world to be,
while skinheads and a washed up New Jersey cowboy pick over the
scraps of greater Los Angeles. Mankind doesn't seem worth saving
anymore.
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