E-Book Overview
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.
E-Book Content
Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting
This page intentionally left blank.
Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting A NEW APPROACH
STACY B.GORDON
ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK AND LONDON
Published in 2005 by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10 http://www.routledge-ny.com/ Published in Great Britain by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2 Park Square Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, 0X14 4RN U.K. http://www.routledge.co.uk/ Copyright © 2005 by Taylor and Francis Books, Inc. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. "To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk." All rights reserved. No part of this book may be printed or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gordon, Stacy B., 1965– Campaign contributions and legislative voting: a new approach/Stacy B.Gordon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. I