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On the basis of a Guttman scale developed from interview data, 474 legislators in the states of Calif, NJ, Ohio, & Tenn were classified as 'independents' or 'party men.' The legislators were also classified as 'high' or 'low' in party voting regularity on the basis of the N of times that they had voted with their party on partisan roll-calls. A partisan roll-call was defined as one in which a majority of one party was opposed to a majority of the other party. In 4 out of 8 possible cases (Calif Democrats, NJ Republicans, & both parties in Ohio), there was a clear +r between an attitude of party regularity expressed in the interview & party regularity in voting as recorded in the legislative journals. 2 cases (NJ Democrats & Tenn Republicans) were inconclusive, & in 2 cases (Calif Republicans & Tenn Republicans) there was a -r between attitude & voting. In the latter 2 cases, however, it was possible to present plausible explanations of the -r's on the basis of the pol'al situation in the particular states involved. AA.