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