Disentangling the Role of Ideology and Partisanship in Legislative Voting: Evidence from Argentina. Issue 2 (24th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alemán, Eduardo; Micozzi, Juan Pablo; Pinto, Pablo M.; Saiegh, Sebastian
• Is Part Of: Legislative studies quarterly. Volume 43:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 273
• Publication Date: 2017-07-24
• Subjects: Legislative bodies -- Periodicals; Parlement; Procédure législative; Système parlementaire; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 328
• DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12182
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0362-9805

Abstract

Abstract : We present a novel approach to disentangle the effects of ideology, partisanship, and constituency pressures on roll‐call voting. First, we place voters and legislators on a common ideological space. Next, we use roll‐call data to identify the partisan influence on legislators' behavior. Finally, we use a structural equation model to account for these separate effects on legislative voting. We rely on public opinion data and a survey of Argentine legislators conducted in 2007–08. Our findings indicate that partisanship is the most important determinant of legislative voting, leaving little room for personal ideological position to affect legislators' behavior.