4,244 research outputs found
Automated Estimates of Interest Group Populations by Sector
No full textThis dataset provides estimates of the number of groups registered to lobby in all 50 states based on 26 economic sectors. See Garlick and Cluverius (nd) for details on the coding procedure and for a codebook
Automated Estimates of Individual Groups
No full textThis dataset provides estimates of the industry of interest groups that are registered to lobby in the American states. See Garlick and Cluverius (nd) for details on the coding procedure and for a codebook
Automated Estimates of Interest Group Populations by Sector
No full textThis dataset provides estimates of the number of groups registered to lobby in all 50 states based on 26 economic sectors. See Garlick and Cluverius (nd) for details on the coding procedure and for a codebook
Automated Estimates of Individual Groups
No full textThis dataset provides estimates of the industry of interest groups that are registered to lobby in the American states. See Garlick and Cluverius (nd) for details on the coding procedure and for a codebook
Interest Group Lobbying and Partisan Polarization in the United States: 1999-2016
No full textThe lobbying activity of interest groups has been overlooked as a contributing factor to legislative party polarization in the United States. Using bill-level data from Congress and three state legislatures, I show floor votes on bills lobbied by more non-profit interest groups are more polarized by party. The state legislative data demonstrate the robustness of the relationship between lobbying and polarization, showing it is not an artifact of party agenda control, salience, or bill content. Increased lobbying from these groups in recent years helps explain high levels of partisan polarization in Congress and an uneven pattern across the state legislatures
State Legislative Bills by Policy Area: 1991-2018
No full textThis dataset contain state legislative bills introduced in 21 policy areas from 1991-2018. It identifies bills using keyword searches of LexisNexis's State Capital Universe. See the attached preprint and supplemental appendix for details on data collection and validations
LPCode: Legislative Progression in the American States
No full textThis dataset puts the universe of state legislation available from the legacy OpenStates project into a common space, to measure each step that each bill took on its way to passage (or where it failed). It includes a 23 step progression, and reports which step each bill hit on its way to eventual success or failure
sj-pdf-1-prq-10.1177_10659129211068059 – Supplemental Material for Laboratories of Politics: There is Bottom-up Diffusion of Policy Attention in the American Federal System
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-prq-10.1177_10659129211068059 for Laboratories of Politics: There is Bottom-up Diffusion of Policy Attention in the American Federal System by Alex Garlick in Political Research Quarterly</p
Including party labels on ballots increases voting in localelections, especially among minorities
No full textMost people would agree that political parties are one of the most important components of national politics. But this is not the case in local politics, where candidates tend to run as individuals without party affiliation in races that many voters fail to participate in. Alex Garlick argues that adding party labels to candidates may be beneficial for these down-ticket races, as knowing candidates’ party affiliations will help inform voters’ decisions, and increase their likelihood of voting
In considering Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, the Senate should take the long view
No full textThis week the US Senate has been considering the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. Senate Democrats stand in staunch opposition to Gorsuch, meaning that Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell is now considering taking the “nuclear option” so that the nominee can be confirmed with 51 – rather than 60 – votes. Alex Garlick writes that history shows that the Senate’s rules have generally made it a defender of the status quo; changing those rules will make it more akin to the House of Representatives, with the influence of the minority party far reduced
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