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This paper examines 18 statewide term‐limitation elections held between 1990 and 1992 in 16 states. Three basic explanations of the term‐limit vote are considered: partisanship, race, and alienation. The results suggest that whites are more likely to support term limits than minorities, and Republicans are more likely to do so than Democrats. Measures of alienation yielded mixed results. An income‐based measure of the concept was inconclusive. Nevertheless, a connection between the constituencies of the term‐limitation movement and Ross Perot's presidential bid is apparent. The results also reveal that media framing of the term‐limitation issue may have affected the outcome in the early term‐limitation elections by intensifying voters' distrust of government institutions.

ADVOCATES CONTEND THAT ADOPTION OF TERM LIMITS WILL LEAD TO HEIGHTENED RESPONSIVENESS AND GREATER ATTENTION TO THE TRUE PUBLIC INTEREST. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE "RESPONSIVENESS" AND "PUBLIC INTEREST" CASES FOR TERM LIMITS FROM AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT TERM LIMITS ARE UNLIKELY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THEIR PROPONENTS, IN PART BECAUSE THE TWO BASIC ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING THE IDEA HAVE PROVEN INCOMPATIBLE IN THE PAST AND IN PART BECAUSE PROCEDURAL CHANGE IS RARELY THE POLITICAL CORRECTIVE SUPPORTERS CLAIM.

This article examines whether stales, in the role of "laboratories of democracy," influence federal policy adoptions. Taking the recent past as the time frame, the article begins by examining major federal legislation to gauge the extern to which stale models were an influence. Following this, the focus shifts to important slate initiatives of the early 1980s, and their impact on subsequent federal legislation. The article concludes that the nature of the policy issue and the accompanying political dynamics are critical in determining whether states act as laboratories of democracy.

Examines state initiatives on welfare reform, child care, homeless aid, and housing, and their impact on subsequent federal legislation.

Utilizes factor analysis to gauge strategies for economic and industrial policy at the US state level.

The impact of political culture on state economic development is examined. Drawing on the work of John E. Jackson ("Michigan," in Fosler, R. Scott [Ed], The New Economic Role of the American States, New York: Oxford U Press, 1988), two general approaches to the classification of various state initiatives are discussed: the maintenance/attraction strategy, which focuses on offering concessions either to maintain existing industries or to induce out-of-state firms to build subsidiary plants; & the creation strategy, which emphasizes creating new industries or transforming old ones. Regression analysis of published data used to compare 12 policies across 48 states demonstrates that political culture is a significant factor in predicting which approach a state chooses: moralistic states tend to favor the creation alternative, & traditionalistic states are inclined toward the maintenance/attraction strategy. Other predictors of state policy choices are the condition of the economy & the diffusion of innovations. The interaction of political culture with other relevant variables in shaping state policies is also discussed. 2 Tables. Adapted from the source document.