Americans, Congress, and Democratic Responsiveness: Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................ix
CHAPTER 1. Introduction....................1
CHAPTER 2. Responding to Congressional Policy....................18
CHAPTER 3. Failing Pop Quizzes but Passing the Test....................34
CHAPTER 4. Evaluating Congress Ideologically....................67
CHAPTER 5. Voting the Bums Out....................97
CHAPTER 6. Riding the Electoral Wave....................113
CHAPTER 7. Responding to Public Evaluations....................128
CHAPTER 8. Conclusion....................145
CHAPTER 9. The 2008 Congressional Elections: An Afterword....................159
Methodological Appendix....................177
Notes....................191
Bibliography....................203
Index....................217