Mandate Politics

Lawrence J. Grossback (West Virginia University),David A. M. Peterson (Texas A & M University),James A. Stimson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Mandate Politics
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 August 2006
Pages
228
ISBN
9780521866545

Mandate Politics

Lawrence J. Grossback (West Virginia University),David A. M. Peterson (Texas A & M University),James A. Stimson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Whether or not voters consciously use their votes to send messages about their preferences for public policy, the Washington community sometimes comes to believe that it has heard such a message. In this 2006 book the authors ask ‘What then happens?’ They focus on these perceived mandates - where they come from and how they alter the behaviors of members of Congress, the media, and voters. These events are rare. Only three elections in post-war America (1964, 1980 and 1994) were declared mandates by the media consensus. These declarations, however, had a profound if ephemeral impact on members of Congress. They altered the fundamental gridlock that prevents Congress from adopting major policy changes. The responses by members of Congress to these three elections are responsible for many of the defining policies of this era. Despite their infrequency, then, mandates are important to the face of public policy.

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