Bound Volume Number
5
Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2015
Capstone Advisor
Prof. Jonathan Hanson
Honors Reader
Prof. Shana Gadarian
Capstone Major
Political Science
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Keywords
US House of Representatives, 112th Congress, economic policy
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
American Politics
Abstract
This paper studies the impact of personal wealth on legislator voting ideology. I specifically examine members of the US House of Representatives during the 112th Congress. After establishing a relationship between wealth and poltical views toward economic policies amongst the general public, I hypothesize that wealthier legislators will have more conservative roll call vote records on economic policy than their less affluent colleagues. After controlling for party, district ideology, district wealth, and district education level, my multivariate analyses indicate that party and district ideology are the only variables that have a statistically significant relationship with legislator voting ideology. My research does not support my initial hypothesis and indicates that personal wealth is not a significant determinant of legislator voting ideology on economic issues.
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Bo, "Personal Wealth and Legislator Voting Ideology" (2015). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 857.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/857
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