Position-Taking Posts

District Mention Posts

Independent Variables

Expectation

Coef. (s.e.)

Expectation

Coef. (s.e.)

District Partisan Homogeneity

Positive

0.013 (0.007)*

Negative

−0.029 (0.008)*

Minority Party Member

Negative

−0.588 (0.189)*

Positive

0.397 (0.180)*

Bills Sponsored (count)

Positive

0.032 (0.019)t

Null

−0.006 (0.023)

Member Tenure

Negative

−0.031 (0.017)*

Negative

−0.021 (0.011)*

Party Leaders

Undefineda

−1.09 (0.568)

Undefined

−1.09 (1.23)

Tenure x Party Leader

Positive

0.092 (0.022)*

Null

0.034 (0.044)

Chairs/Ranking Members

Undefined

−0.535 (0.414)

Undefined

−0.980 (0.540)

Tenure × Chairs/Ranking

Positive

0.034 (0.017)*

Negative

0.043 (0.025)*

Ideologue

Positive

0.618 (0.284)*

Null

−0.376 (0.300)

Female

Null

0.201 (0.137)t

Null

0.09 (0.16)

Member Age

Null

0.000 (0.000)

Null

−0.013 (0.007)*

Medium Dist. Income (10,000’s $)

Positive

0.008 (0.005)t

Negative

0.004 (0.008)

% District College Educated

Positive

−0.000 (0.003)

Negative

−0.008 (0.005)t

Legislative Recessb

Negative

−0.293 (0.103)*

Positive

0.817 (0.127)*

Constant

−2.62 (0.52)*

−2.24 (0.47)*

Wald Chi2

237.9*

167.4*

Pseudo R2

0.09

0.07

n-observations

4159

4159