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Kuklinski, James H. Segura, Gary Michael 2011-05-07T13:21:32Z 2011-05-07T13:21:32Z 10000-01-01 1992 Representation requires a degree of responsiveness on the part of legislators to voter preferences. This effort examines a model of responsiveness built on an ideological voter-senator linkage and implicitly confined to only the last stage of each senator's term and finds it wanting. Given cognitive limitations of the voters and behavioral constraints on senators' behavior, responsiveness based on ideology, and confined only to the period immediately preceding the next election, is unlikely to be electorally rewarding. An alternative model is proposed, one that does not make unreasonable assumptions regarding the abilities and interests of the voters and does not confine responsiveness to the cycles of election. Instead, public mood change is offered as the primary tool of communication between legislator and voter. Cues drawn from changing public attitudes are used by senators to reevaluate behavior and adapt to anticipated voter preferences. This responsiveness is not confined to the waning years of the term but, rather, is pervasive, affecting behavior in every year of the senator's tenure. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:21:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9305689.pdf: 6493251 bytes, checksum: e308f397da40e8ca2724606dd95c94d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:53:43Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:24:53-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9305689 (UMI)AAI9305689 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21864 eng Copyright 1992 Segura, Gary Michael Political Science, General Mood and moderation: Alternative images of Senate reelection seeking behavior text Political Science Political Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.