Is Presentation to Constituents Becoming More Partisan? Evidence from Congressional Press Releases

• In Event: Congressional Communication: Member to Member and Member to Constituent

Brief Overview

Has the all-encompassing partisanship in today’s Congress infiltrated how members present themselves to their constituents? We machine read press releases from a sample of House members. We exam longitudinally their pattern of partisanship.

Authors

• Steven G. Livingston, Middle Tennessee State University

• Sally Friedman, SUNY at Albany

• James S. McCulley, SUNY at Albany