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1. Day 12 – Home Styles and Hill
Styles
July 15, 2013

2. Announcements
 Legislative Portfolio resources are posted.
 You should know the state you are studying and the
names of the representatives by the end of this week.
 Midterm Exam Review is posted
 I will leave room to answer questions in class on Tuesday
and Wednesday
 Testable material will go through Tuesday’s class (end of
Chapter 5 in DOL)

3. Legislative Portfolio Resources
 Posted on Angel in the “Assignments” Folder and in
the “Links/Research” Folder.
 Start thinking about the three House members you
want to study.
 A great starting point is GovTrack.us which allows you to
see the shapes of the districts, the ideology scores of the
legislators, and links you to OpenSecrets (Campaign
Finance) and VoteSmart (Interest Group Ratings, recent
statements, etc.)
 There are a number of other excellent resources in
the Word file that should give you a good head start.

4. Reading for Monday
 Read all of Chapter 5 in DOL
 DO NOT READ Fenno (1977) article

5. Hill Styles
 Who are the legislators?
 How do they compare to general population in terms of:
 Education
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/12/us/across-the-board-growth-in-
college-degrees.html?ref=education&_r=1&
 Occupation
 How has this trend changed recently?
 Race
 Gender
 Sexual Orientation
 Religion
 What is the fastest-growing category in recent surveys?
 Age
 Tenure
 How does Congress rank in terms of descriptive representation?
 What is collective representation?

6. Congressional Roles
 Legislator
 Crafting, shaping, debating on laws.
 Shaped by norms and seniority
 Constituency Servant
 Individual contact with members
 Procuring pork-barrel projects for entire constituencies
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/immigration-deal-would-
boost-defense-manufacturers/2013/07/01/d1c115e4-df63-11e2-
b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html
 “Byrd Droppings” - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/us/how-
do-west-virginians-spell-pork-it-s-b-y-r-d.html
 Citizens Against Government Waste - http://cagw.org/
 Partisan

7. “Constituency
Servant” or
“Partisan”?
What does
this graph
suggest?
Source:
Sides, “Gerrymandering is
not what’s wrong with
American politics”