Desperate Times Call for Drastic Measures: Examining Citizen-Legislator Congruence in Abortion Policy

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Brief Overview

This paper explores policy congruence between state representatives and public opinion. We use data from 1,548 legislators in 11 states that passed abortion policy in 2019 and 16,756 survey responses on abortion policy preferences from the CCES18.

Authors

• Stephanie Puello, University of Colorado Denver

• Jill Yordy, University of Colorado Denver