Congress Reconsidered, Chapter 4
Voters, Candidates, and Issues in Congressional Elections

• Democratic Seats and Vote Share, 1952-1998 Figure 4-1
• Partnership and House Seat Shares, 1952-1998 Figure 4-2
• Spending Preferences for Democratic and Republican Congressional Candidates, 1998 Figure 4-3
• Party Differences among House Candidates on Selected Issues, 1998 Figure 4-4
• Distribution of Candidate Ideology by Party, 1998 Figure 4-5
• The Incumbency Advantage in the House, 1998 Figure 4-6
• Incumbents Facing Quality Challengers in the 1998 House Elections Table 4-1
• Republican and Democratic 1998 Candidate Ideology (by District Presidential Vote in 1996) Figure 4-7
• Regression of 1998 Democratic Vote on 1998 Candidate Ideology, 1996 District Presidential Vote, and 1998 Candidate Spending, for Incumbent Races Table 4-2
• Ideology and the House Vote, 1998 Figure 4-8
• Winner's Ideology by District Presidential Vote Figure 4-9
• Voter's Perceptions of the Ideology of Their House Representatives Table 4-3