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work_o5jawfyxzrbzzgnu5jcbu2h4ve	Katherine Krimmel	Gay Rights in Congress	2016	26	.pdf	application/pdf	10553	1715	72	However, public opinion on this set of votes was exceptionally low (on average, 29 percent of constituents supported same-sex marriage at this time), and model and in prediction; and (3) an MRP that uses state-level data for presidential vote and percent black in the response model, but district-level values To put this in perspective, Lax and Phillips (2009b) find a similar 62 percent level of congruence between opinion and policies (not votes) at the state level, which is significantly higher than Figure 5 plots pro-gay constituent opinion at the time of the first vote against The dependent variable is whether the roll-call vote cast was pro-gay (liberal).15 We include indicator variables for Republican, Female, Latino, Black, The basic relationship between voting and opinion holds: MCs whose constituents demonstrate higher levels of pro-gay support are more likely to cast "Gay Rights in the States: Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness." American 	./cache/work_o5jawfyxzrbzzgnu5jcbu2h4ve.pdf	./txt/work_o5jawfyxzrbzzgnu5jcbu2h4ve.txt