Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting: A New Approach
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This book studies the current paradox within the voting literature on campaign contributions and legislative voting behavior. Specifically, while journalists and observers believe that the contributions significantly influence congressional votes, empirical evidence compiled by political scientists has generally failed to identify a systematic linkage between the two. At the same time, the amount of money contributed by interest groups is increasing and polls indicate that the public is becoming more cynical about the process.
1Interest groups and policy making12The effects of contributions on the representative process173John Doolittle and the California trial lawyers association434Bills on which contributions did (and did not) affect critical votes675Campaign contributions and critical votes in the governmental organization committee896Do committee characteristics matter?1037Conclusion125App. AMethodological appendix143App. BStatistical results149App. CQuestionnaire on committee jurisdictions175App. DQuestionnaire : identifying "juice" committees in the California State Senate179
