Parties with the Parties: Emergent Factions in Republican-Dominated Western State Legislatures

• In Event: State & Local Lawmaking

Brief Overview

We explore the intra-party factions in 4 state legislatures with enduring GOP supermajorities through three methods: ideological patterns in roll call voting; caucus identification and membership; and interviews with legislative party leaders.

Authors

• Nicholas Goedert, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Charles Nuttycombe, Virginia Tech