| Position-Taking Posts | District Mention Posts | ||
Independent Variables | Expectation | Coef. (s.e.) | Expectation | Coef. (s.e.) |
District Partisan Homogeneity | Positive | 0.006 (0.008) | Negative | −0.033 (0.009) * |
Minority Party Member | Negative | −0.540 (0.211) * | Positive | 0.512 (0.229) * |
Bills Sponsored (count) | Positive | −0.018 (0.020) | Null | −0.016 (0.025) |
Member Tenure | Negative | 0.014 (0.010)^ | Negative | 0.003 (0.011) |
Party Leaders | Undefineda | −1.15 (0.625) | Undefined | −0.381 (1.29) |
Tenure x Party Leader | Positive | 2.0 e−4 (8.6e−5)* | Negative | −0.0000 (0.0001) |
Chairs/Ranking Members | Undefined | −0.081 (0.511) | Undefined | −0.624 (0.583) |
Tenure × Chairs/Ranking | Positive | 0.004 (0.023) | Negative | −0.001 (0.026) |
Ideologue | Positive | 0.503 (0.357)t | Null | −0.346 (0.408) |
Female | Null | 0.315 (0.146)* | Null | 0.005 (0.181) |
Member Age | Null | −0.005 (0.007) | Null | −0.002 (0.007) |
Med. Dist. Income (10,000’s $) | Positive | 0.005 (0.012) | Negative | −0.007 (0.014) |
% District College Educated | Positive | 0.003 (0.003) | Negative | 0.004 (0.007) |
Constant | −0.231 (0.391) | −0.346 (0.449) | ||
AIC | 1.124 | 0.949 | ||
BIC | −2134.086 | −2158.713 | ||
n-members | 400 | 400 |