Legislative profssionalism and incumbent reelection : the development of institutional boundaries
By: BERRY, William D
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Contributor(s): BERKMAN, Michael B.SCHNEIDERMAN, Stuart.
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ArticlePublisher: 2000American Political Science Review 94, 4, p. 859-874Abstract: It is well established that legislators from highly professionalized bodies are more likely to win reelection than member of less professionalized legislatures. We find that the effect of professionalizaton on incumbent electoral success is far more pervasive. As the level of professinalism of a legislature incrases, the effects of external political and economic forces (such as coattails from higher level elections and national economic conditions) on a legislator`s chances for relection diminish in strengh. This implies that legislative professionalization promotes institutionalizaton by establishing boudaries that insulate members from external shocks. We reach these conclusions by spefying and testing a district-level model of state legislativ electionoutcomes, using as dependent variabel the probability that an incubent will wi reelection. The model is estimated with probit using data for more than 42.000 state legislators frm 1970 to 1989
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It is well established that legislators from highly professionalized bodies are more likely to win reelection than member of less professionalized legislatures. We find that the effect of professionalizaton on incumbent electoral success is far more pervasive. As the level of professinalism of a legislature incrases, the effects of external political and economic forces (such as coattails from higher level elections and national economic conditions) on a legislator`s chances for relection diminish in strengh. This implies that legislative professionalization promotes institutionalizaton by establishing boudaries that insulate members from external shocks. We reach these conclusions by spefying and testing a district-level model of state legislativ electionoutcomes, using as dependent variabel the probability that an incubent will wi reelection. The model is estimated with probit using data for more than 42.000 state legislators frm 1970 to 1989
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