tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post2515921481295271171..comments2024-03-10T01:22:54.380-07:00Comments on Enik Rising: The extremism of elected officialsSeth Maskethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-31653210546371222872011-07-26T13:40:28.610-06:002011-07-26T13:40:28.610-06:00Oops -- bad memory there. When looking at voting ...Oops -- bad memory there. When looking at voting patterns, the coefficient on district ideology for Republican legislators was positive but insignificant.<br /><br />It was the common-space scores that incorporated votes and NPATs where, if anything, more conservative districts elected less conservative Republicans.jim againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-14945583802739344792011-07-26T13:35:28.800-06:002011-07-26T13:35:28.800-06:00Josh Dyck, Megan Gall and I recently generated est...Josh Dyck, Megan Gall and I recently generated estimates of California Assembly district ideology using the Lax/Phillips MRP approach and compared them to legislator preferences (ideal points computed solely from NPAT responses) and voting patterns (ideal points computed solely from votes).<br /><br />We found that for both parties, more conservative districts elected legislators with more conservative preferences, at least among NPAT respondents.<br /><br />But, when you looked at votes, this all evaporated. There was still a statistically significant effect for Democrats -- more conservative districts elected more conservative-voting Democrats -- but it was substantively pretty small. And for Republicans, the coefficient was far from significant and actually negative.<br /><br />It's not in the paper b/c it looked pretty much like the vote-only story, but we also ran it with ideal points computed both from votes and, where available, NPAT responses.<br /><br />I'll try to remember to email you the working paper; remind me if I don't.Jim Battistanoreply@blogger.com