Replication Data for: Electoral Proximity and Issue-Specific Responsiveness

Do elections increase responsiveness of legislators to their constituents? I utilize a natural experiment in four state legislatures -- Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, and Texas -- where term length was randomly assigned. This design compares the responsiveness to constituency opinion of those randomly assigned to a two-year term to those assigned a four-year term on different issue areas, like the economy, environment, and crime. I find no evidence for an electoral proximity effect on responsiveness. In addition, in the Illinois State Senate, I measure the causal effect of electoral proximity on responsiveness on several individual roll-call votes, including the legalization of medical marijuana and gay marriage.