Replication data for: Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion, and Policy in the American States

The importance of public opinion in the determination of public policy is the subject of considerable debate. Professors Erikson, Wright, and McIver make the argument that state policies are highly responsive to public opinion, and they show how the institutions of state politics work to achieve this high level of responsiveness. They analyze state policies from the 1930s to the present, drawing from and contributing to major lines of research on American politics. Their conclusions are applied to central questions of democratic theory, and affirm the robust character of state institutions.

公众舆论在公共政策制定中的重要性，一直是学界颇具争议的议题。埃里克森（Erikson）、赖特（Wright）与麦基弗（McIver）三位教授提出，各州政策对公众舆论具有高度响应性，并阐释了州政治制度如何运作以实现这一高响应度。其研究覆盖1930年代至今的各州政策，既吸纳了美国政治学主流研究脉络的成果，也为该领域的研究拓展作出了贡献。他们的研究结论被用于探讨民主理论的核心议题，并佐证了州政治制度的稳健性。