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A Pivotal Voter from a Pivotal State: Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention

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  • DOUGHERTY, KEITH L.
  • HECKELMAN, JAC C.

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Robertson (2005) and Rakove (1996) argue that Roger Sherman was surprisingly influential at the Constitutional Convention. Using empirically estimated ideal points, we show that Sherman was a pivotal voter from a pivotal state. We also demonstrate that if the votes were tallied by individual delegates, rather than being grouped by the home state, then Sherman would have been less pivotal. This suggests that the voting procedures adopted at the Constitutional Convention may have affected Sherman's ability to get his interests enacted. Such institutions might have been more responsible than his legislative ability for making Sherman effective.

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  • Dougherty, Keith L. & Heckelman, Jac C., 2006. "A Pivotal Voter from a Pivotal State: Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 100(2), pages 297-302, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:100:y:2006:i:02:p:297-302_06
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    1. Stephen C. Phillips & Alex P. Smith & Peter R. Licari, 2022. "Philadelphia reconsidered: participant curation, the Gerry Committee, and US constitutional design," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 190(3), pages 407-426, March.
    2. Christopher Hare & Keith T. Poole, 2015. "Measuring ideology in Congress," Chapters, in: Jac C. Heckelman & Nicholas R. Miller (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Voting, chapter 18, pages 327-346, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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