Who gets the goods? Moderate Voting Records, Diminishing Returns, and PAC Contributions

Authors: Dempster, Gregory m.¹; Westley, Christopher²

Source: Economics and Politics, Volume 12, Number 3, November 2000 , pp. 321-333(13)

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Abstract:

Assuming that a legislator representing a moderate constituency (with respect to a variety of interests) may be expected to vote moderately in general, the authors suggest a measure of the `moderateness' of a legislator's voting behavior and use it to determine whether a relationship exists between PAC contributions and the degree of moderateness. The results suggest that PACs exhibit a tendency to give more, at the margin, to legislators with moderate voting records.

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0343.00080

Affiliations: 1: Department of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College, USA, 2: Department of Finance, Economics, and Accounting, Jacksonville State University, USA

Publication date: 2000-11-01