The Persistence and Proliferation of Congressional Caucuses

• In Event: Caucuses in the U.S. Congress

Brief Overview

Despite their seemingly trivial nature, congressional caucuses persist and proliferate. To understand why we construct a Caucus Quality Index on House caucuses from 1993 - 2020 to statistically model caucus life cycles.

Authors

• Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University

• Molly Izer, George Mason University