This research examines the differences between Senate party leaders and rank and file party members on a measure of support for the president of their party. The expectation is that party leaders give presidents of their party greater support than do nonleaders. Only floor leaders and whips exhibited higher presidential support than other types of leaders or the rank and file. Foreign policy elicited support from both parties' leaders, and the Democratic leadership and rank and file differences were eliminated when controlling for ideology.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Clausen, A.R. (1973) How Congressmen Decide: A Policy Focus. New York: St. Martin's.
2.
Davidson, R.H. (1969) The Role of the Congressman. New York: Pegasus.
3.
Edwards, G.C., III (1980) Presidential Influence in Congress. San Francisco: Freeman.
4.
Gelb, J. and M.L. Palley (1975) Tradition and Change in American Party Politics . New York: Harper & Row.
5.
Ippolito, D.S. and T.G. Walker( 1980) Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Public Policy: Group Influence in American Politics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
6.
Jewell, M.E. and S.C. Patterson (1966) The Legislative Process in the United States. New York: Random House.
7.
MacRae, D., JR. (1958) Dimensions of Congressional Voting. Los AngelesUniv. of California Press.
8.
Matthews, D.R. (1960) U.S. Senators and Their World. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press.
9.
Oleszek, W. (1978) Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process . Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.
10.
Patterson, S.C. (1963) "Legislative leadership and political ideology ." Public Opinion Q.27 (Fall): 399-410.
11.
Peabody, R.L. (1976) Leadership in Congress: Stability, Succession, and Change. Boston: Little, Brown .
12.
Ranney, A. and W. Kendall (1956) Democracy and the American Party System. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
13.
Rieselback, L.N. ( 1966) The Roots of Isolationism: Congressional Voting and Presidential Leadership in Foreign Policy. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill.
14.
Ripley, R.B. (1983) Congress: Process and Policy. New York: Norton.
15.
——— (1969) Majority Party Leadership in Congress. Boston: Little, Brown.
16.
——— (1967) Party Leaders in the House of Representatives. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
17.
Schneider, J. (1979) Ideological Coalitions in Congress. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
18.
Schwarz, J.E. and L.E. Shaw (1976) The United States Congress in Comparative Perspective . Hinsdale, IL: Dryden.
——— and L.T. Leloup (1979) "Presidential impact: foreign versus domestic policy ," pp. 295-306 in S. A. Shull and L. T. LeLoup (eds.) The Presidency: Studies in Policy Making . Brunswick, OH: King's Court Communications .
21.
Sigelman, L. (1979) "A reassessment of the two presidencies thesis ." J. of Politics41 (November): 1195-1205.
22.
Smith, S. (1981) "Consistency and ideological structures of U.S. Senate voting alignments, 1957-1976." Amer. J. of Pol. Sci.25 (November): 780-795.
23.
Thomas, N.C. and K.A. Lamb (1964) Congress: Politics and Practice. New York: Random House.
24.
Truman, D.B. (1959) The Congressional Party: A Case Study. New York: John Wiley.
25.
Turner, J. (1970) Party and Constituency: Pressures on Congress. Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press.
26.
Wayne, S.J. (1978) The Legislative Presidency. New York: Harper & Row.
27.
Wildavsky, A. (1966) "The two presidencies." Transaction4 (December): 7-14.
