Are Effective Lawmakers More Electorally Successful?

Jared Hrebenar

Determine the relationship between legislative effectiveness and electoral success to ascertain whether voters care about the legislative effectiveness of their representatives in Congress.

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Comments

It looks like the three solid bars in the graph correspond to the wave elections that you mention. Do you know if (or would you expect) the data from 2018 to follow this pattern? (I don’t know if it’s considered a “wave election” for these purposes) —Rob Reichle

I see that the LES is in your references, can you provide more information on what factors went into the LES? —Megan Offsie