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Partisan Voting In The Oregon Legislature, Tom Lee Mason
Partisan Voting In The Oregon Legislature, Tom Lee Mason
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The thesis examines the role of partisanship in two sessions of the Oregon Legislature. Both the Oregon Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives were examined for the 56th (1971) and the 57th (1973) session. Indicies of partisanship, or party cohesion were developed for both parties in both houses during both sessions. Each legislator was also assigned an index of partisanship. The indicies of partisanship for the parties were the average percentage of the members of the two parties voting together on those issues which underwent "party votes." A party vote was defined as any vote on which the majority …
"World Affairs Forum", Forest Amsden, Rebecca Bell, David Burrington, George Montgomery, Carl Stern
"World Affairs Forum", Forest Amsden, Rebecca Bell, David Burrington, George Montgomery, Carl Stern
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Forest Amsden, moderator; Rebecca Bell, David Burrington, George Montgomery, and Carl Stern, panelists.