Legislative Voting: Influences on Environmental Voting in the House of Representatives

Authors

Krystyna Zwolinski '08, Illinois Wesleyan University

Abstract

The question of what prompts legislators to vote as they do has long been the subject of much empirical political research. This research project contributes to this body of literature by addressing the question of what factors influence how members of Congress vote on environmental issues. More specifically, I examine how a combination of personal and constituency characteristics influence the level of environmental support of members of the House of Representatives in the years 2003 through 2006. The personal characteristics of the representatives examined are gender, party, and seniority; the constituency characteristics are region, urbanicity, occupation, education, and district ideology.

Recommended Citation

Zwolinski '08, Krystyna (2008) "Legislative Voting: Influences on Environmental Voting in the House of Representatives," Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 13
Available at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/respublica/vol13/iss1/9