Electoral Choice and Popular Control of Public Policy: The Case of the 1966 House Elections

@article{Sullivan1972ElectoralCA,  title={Electoral Choice and Popular Control of Public Policy: The Case of the 1966 House Elections},  author={John L. Sullivan and Robert E. O'connor},  journal={American Political Science Review},  year={1972},  volume={66},  pages={1256 - 1268},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:147328869}}
This paper examines two neglected conditions of the linkage process between public opinion and public policy, in an effort to evaluate an explanation, other than voter apathy and ignorance, of why the linkage appears to be so weak. These conditions are: (1) Opposing candidates for the same elective office must differ in their issue-related attitudes. (2) The winners' subsequent behavior vis-à-vis public policy must be consonant with their pre-election issue-related attitudes. By the use of data… 

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