Article(print)#11976
ELECTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY
In: American political science review, Volume 70, Issue 1, p. 41-49
ISSN: 0003-0554
THIS PAPER ESTABLISHES CRITERIA FOR CITIZEN POLICY CHOICE THAT DO NOT DEPEND ON OPINION SURVEYS. DATA DRAWN FROM NATIONAL PARTY PLATFORMS AND US STATUTES AND AGGREGATE VOTING DATA ARE COMPARED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH MAJORITY CHOICES ARE TRANSLATED INTO NATIONAL POLICY OVER TIME. THE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT POPULAR MAJORITIES APPEAR TO GOVERN.