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An investigation of US federal legislation with regard to sugar, examining the impact of political party (Democratic or Republican) & constituency-oriented economic interests, based on US Senate roll-call voting patterns 1956-1987. It is shown that senators of states with high concentrations of sugar growers & processors have tended to vote for the sugar program deriving from a New Deal-era (1930s) package of legislation stabilizing & subsidizing markets for a variety of agricultural products. Senators from states that consume large quantities of sugar but do not produce it tend to vote against the program. The effects of the emergence of corn syrup & other substitutes are explored as well & found to follow a similar trend. Changes in voting trends over the years reflect legislative support based on benefit, though many intricacies affect benefit. 2 Tables, 1 Appendix, 27 References. J. W. Stanton