Add to ORKGWith legislative gridlock at the national level, recent years have seen state legislatures take new prominence in putting forward and enacting often controversial legislation. But how does partisan competition affect how legislatures process new laws? In new research, which examines lawmaking in 48 state legislatures over two decades, William D. Hicks finds that when a minority party in a state legislature is large, and when polarization is high, it can significantly reduce the number of bills adopted. On the other hand, a strong majority party, when facing a governor from an opposite party, will tend to push through more legislation in order to put political pressure on the governor
Despite a wealth of literature on the causes of gridlock in Congress, there is a lack of comparative...
The use of racially charged imagery and messages has a long history in US politics. But how do such ...
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While partisan gridlock has become a common occurrence in the US Congress, this is also often the ca...
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Dominant theories of legislative organization in the U.S. rest on the notion that the majority party...
The increasing partisanship and polarization present Congress has been subject to a great deal of st...
Over the past few decades, there has been a considerable increase in the level of partisan conflict....
Public approval of Congress tends to decline as partisan conflict within the institution increases. ...
In recent months, much has been written about the level of political polarization in America, and th...
Abstract. We examine the proposition that legislative organization can be explained by the nature of...
We examine the proposition that incentives for legislative organization can be explained by the natu...
Despite a wealth of literature on the causes of gridlock in Congress, there is a lack of comparative...
Despite a wealth of literature on the causes of gridlock in Congress, there is a lack of comparative...
The use of racially charged imagery and messages has a long history in US politics. But how do such ...
The literature shows that term-limited state legislatures are more polarized than their non-term-lim...
Does partisan competition explain why some legislatures are more efficient at processing legislation...
While partisan gridlock has become a common occurrence in the US Congress, this is also often the ca...
Recent scholarship has documented the advantages of a new measure of partisan gerrymandering: The di...
Despite America’s traditional model of bipartisan cooperation, the US is more politically polarized ...
Dominant theories of legislative organization in the U.S. rest on the notion that the majority party...
The increasing partisanship and polarization present Congress has been subject to a great deal of st...
Over the past few decades, there has been a considerable increase in the level of partisan conflict....
Public approval of Congress tends to decline as partisan conflict within the institution increases. ...
In recent months, much has been written about the level of political polarization in America, and th...
Abstract. We examine the proposition that legislative organization can be explained by the nature of...
We examine the proposition that incentives for legislative organization can be explained by the natu...
Despite a wealth of literature on the causes of gridlock in Congress, there is a lack of comparative...
Despite a wealth of literature on the causes of gridlock in Congress, there is a lack of comparative...
The use of racially charged imagery and messages has a long history in US politics. But how do such ...
The literature shows that term-limited state legislatures are more polarized than their non-term-lim...