Progressive Ambition
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Overheads 10 September 2002
Overheads 12 September 2002
Overheads 17 and 19 September 2002
Summary: Changes in Congress 1947 - 2002
Figures From Poole and Rosenthal, Chapter 2
Figures From Stewart Chapter 1
The 107th Congress and the Iraq War Resolution
The Ideological Structure of Congressional Voting
The Polarization of the Congressional Parties
Voting in the Roman Senate
The Paradox of Voting
The Powell Amendment
McKelvey's "Chaos" Theorem
Turnout in Elections
State Hierarchy: Governor > State Legislator > Local Official
Federal Hierarchy: President > Senator > Representative
Prior Careers of the MA Delegation
to the House, 91st Congress (1969 - 1971)
Factors That Affect the Calculus of
Progressive Ambition
Challenger Quality