tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post9167687623185290422..comments2024-03-27T19:01:21.504-06:00Comments on Enik Rising: Agenda control and state legislative polarizationSeth Maskethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-68601770020772412502009-10-23T12:26:58.824-06:002009-10-23T12:26:58.824-06:00Seth, I responded to your questions in a new blog...Seth, I responded to your questions in a <a href="http://bshor.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/agenda-control-isnt-a-problem-for-common-space-scores/" rel="nofollow"> new blog post</a>.bshorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382365536021941653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-32435718021979502042009-10-23T11:57:18.354-06:002009-10-23T11:57:18.354-06:00sorry, that last was Jim again.sorry, that last was Jim again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-91335103809712432152009-10-23T11:56:58.159-06:002009-10-23T11:56:58.159-06:00I'm guessing that the southern Republicans wou...<i>I'm guessing that the southern Republicans would look more conservative on cultural measures than the CA GOP, although the Californians are probably more conservative on economic measures.</i><br /><br />Okay, so we made 2-D nominate scores based only on npat responses, for everyone who took the 1998 npats including losers. As it happens, the libertarians cluster in the northeast "corner" of the unit hypersphere. (Yes, spheres have corners. What?) If you accept that that "corner" defines the stereotypical libertarian position, then the first dimension looks a lot like econ or "standard" L/R and the vertical a lot like social L/R.<br /><br />Anyway, if you buy this, then among lower chambers the most "socially" conservative Democratic parties are in LA, NM, MS, OK, KY, AL, SC, NC. Which seems pretty reasonable. The most "socially" conservative Republican parties are then MD, VA, MS, HI, NY, OK, CA, GA, NC. Which seems a little bit weird on the face of it.<br /><br />Again, all for 99/00, not for the much broader set of data that Boris has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412583847145043520.post-47911688998278880682009-10-23T11:45:08.031-06:002009-10-23T11:45:08.031-06:00You can get some answers by computing nominate sco...You can get some answers by computing nominate scores (or other preference estimates) only from npat responses. This should get you pretty darn close to the electorally-induced preferences of legislators.<br /><br />If you make those scores for 99/00 and then take the R mean minus the D mean (the data I have lying around right now) then the CA S is the most polarized chamber in the US, followed by the OH S and the CA H. Upper chambers often have pretty terrible response rates; if we look at lower chambers the order for 99/00 is CA, AK, CO, TX, WA, AZ.<br /><br />If you just look at the conservatism of Republicans, then looking again only at lower chambers the order from most conservative down is CA, GA, OK, TX, CO, MO, NV, AK.<br /><br />(Jim B again)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com