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Chapter 4: Party Constraints: Ideological Placement of Senate Majority Leaders |
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Competing Expectations of Leaders’ Voting Behavior |
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Median Voter or Extreme Partisan |
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Stability or Change |
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Majority Matters |
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Interpretations and Implications |
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Conclusions |
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Chapter 5: Extra-Institutional Constraints: Presidential Expectations of Senate Majority Leaders |
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The Logic of Unified Government |
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Early Leaders |
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The Modern Moment—Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX) |
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The Post-Johnson Era—Mike Mansfield (D-MT) |
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Republican Presidents and Republican Senate Majority Leaders |
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Interpretations and Implications |
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Conclusions |
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Chapter 6: Extra-Institutional Constraints: State Expectations of Senate Majority Leaders |
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Great Expectations |
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Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R-TN) |
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George J. Mitchell (D-ME) |
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Interpretations and Implications |
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Conclusions |
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Chapter 7: Conclusions |
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Constrained by Multiple Constituencies |
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Constrained by the Development of the Office |