Adam Cayton

A survey experiment testing the effects of environmentalist and national security frames yielded null results for all partisan groups.

The GOP is not united on climate change, with some subtle dissent from the party line in newsletters. GOP dissenters tend to represent districts with military bases threatened by natural disasters.

We find that when Democrats discuss the issue they always take a "pro climate" position, but whether they discuss it depends on public opinion.

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@profbcrisher.bsky.social and I study House members messages to constituents about climate change, and conduct a survey experiment to see if different frames work.

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This should do the trick.

I also teach this and have the same experience but it’s a fun challenge. How about “The Constitution gives the chamber majority the power to write the rules and they use it to get what they want.”

As a reader I would prefer to see a balanced sample, but note the findings with an unbalanced sample and explain the selection problem that might have produced the differences.

The Policy Substance of Legislative Ideology Ideological differences in Congress are often presented as disagreement over what the government should do, but no study has systematically measured the policy instruments in bills. This article uses...

This is a great paper. Combined with this paper of mine from a few years ago an interesting story emerges (I study tools and the ideological space rather than repeals and do not measure public opinion). Linked below in case you’re interested

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