This article examines the policymaking roles and interactions of governors, legislators, administrators, and lobbyists in state politics. It analyzes their policy involvement in terms of whether they fit a conceptual model of subsystem politics. These data are compared to various policy outcome measures of four state governments in the issue area of aging; Florida, Iowa, Michigan, and New Jersey. While the policy data from some states is suggestive of those results postulated in subsystem theory, the patterns of institutional involvement and interaction vary widely. All, however, suggest more clustered, rather than encompassing, patterns of influence and participation within this policy area.
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