TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing Multiple Goals
T2 - Analyzing Votes on Free Trade Agreements in the U.S. House of Representatives
AU - Kucik, Jeffrey
AU - Moraguez, Ashley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Copyright © American University, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Despite increasing polarization in the House of Representatives, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) often pass not only with, but often because of, support from both parties. What explains these patterns? When do members cross party lines to support (or oppose) trade legislation? We argue that members are both ideologically and electorally motivated. Further, we argue that the relative balance of these incentives varies across the membership in meaningful ways. We examine House votes on 11 PTAs and find that ideology and district trade position have independent effects on support for free trade. We also find that the effect of trade position is conditioned by the ideology of the legislator; moderates are more responsive to their constituents' interests on trade.
AB - Despite increasing polarization in the House of Representatives, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) often pass not only with, but often because of, support from both parties. What explains these patterns? When do members cross party lines to support (or oppose) trade legislation? We argue that members are both ideologically and electorally motivated. Further, we argue that the relative balance of these incentives varies across the membership in meaningful ways. We examine House votes on 11 PTAs and find that ideology and district trade position have independent effects on support for free trade. We also find that the effect of trade position is conditioned by the ideology of the legislator; moderates are more responsive to their constituents' interests on trade.
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U2 - 10.1080/07343469.2016.1261964
DO - 10.1080/07343469.2016.1261964
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009260459
SN - 0734-3469
VL - 44
SP - 29
EP - 54
JO - Congress and the Presidency
JF - Congress and the Presidency
IS - 1
ER -