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and politicians' personal connections made during the school years, we document a propensity of connected legislators to … vote together that depends on how salient the bill is to the politicians' legislative agenda. Although this activity does …
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We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated - even when submitting roll-call votes on …
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Numerous cities across the U.S. have recently switched to ranked choice voting in their local mayoral elections. Proponents argue that, by allowing voters to fully express their preferences over the candidates, voter satisfaction and, ultimately, turnout will improve. Opponents are concerned...
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