The relationship between a party's popular vote share and legislative seat share---its seats-votes swing ratio---is a key characteristic of democratic representation. This article introduces a general
Contingency tables are among the most basic and useful techniques available for analyzing categorical data, but they produce highly imprecise estimates in small samples or for population subgroups tha
A growing theoretical literature identifies how the process of constitutional review shapes judicial decision-making, legislative behavior, and even the constitutionality of legislation and executive
Leveraging original datasets of Democratic lawmakers and the bills they sponsor in 15 U.S. state houses in 1997 and 2005, we examine multiple forms of race-gender policy leadership and how it is tied
