Voting from the pew: the effect of senators’ religious identities on partisan polarization in the U.S. Senate
| dc.contributor.author | McTague, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna | |
| dc.contributor.department | Towson University. Department of Political Science | en-US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-12T16:58:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-12T16:58:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07-18 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Partisan polarization in the Senate is in part a product of the increased sorting of evangelical Christians into the Republican caucus. The relationship between senators’ religious identities, party affiliation, and ideology has changed since the 1970s. Whereas congressional party caucuses in the past were more diverse in their religious composition, evangelical Christian senators have sorted themselves into the party that most closely resembles the values of their religious identities, leading to greater overall polarization. | en-US |
| dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12020 | en-US |
| dc.format.extent | 22 pages | en-US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en-US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2gb0f-rifx | |
| dc.identifier.citation | McTague, John and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. 2013. "Voting from the Pew: The Effect of Senators’ Religious Identities on Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Senate." Legislative Studies Quarterly 38 (3): 405-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12020 | en-US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0362-9805 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/38165 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | en-US |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en-US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Towson University | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Legislative Studies Quarterly;Volume 38, Issue 3 | |
| dc.subject | Political polarization -- United States | |
| dc.subject | Religion and politics -- United States | |
| dc.subject | Evangelicalism -- United States | |
| dc.subject | Evangelical Christians and United States Congress | |
| dc.title | Voting from the pew: the effect of senators’ religious identities on partisan polarization in the U.S. Senate | en-US |
| dc.type | Text | en-US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2419-1609 | en-US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-1098 | en-US |