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THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP A TENTATIVE MODEL WHICH WILL ACCOUNT FOR FLUCTUATIONS IN THE POPULARITY OF CONGRESS. IN DETERMINING THE VARIABLES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONGRESSIONAL POPULARITY, PARKER WORKS FROM A PREVIOUS STUDY OF PRESIDENTIAL POPULARITY. AFTER STUDYING OPINION POLLS, HE LISTS THE CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY TO MAKE CONGRESS UNPOPULAR.

Constituent trust is defined as the level of confidence that constituents have in their elected representative. Suggests a strategy for its measurement and develops a model relating directly and indirectly to electoral support. (Abstract amended)

Argues that economic policy emphases and historical records of the major parties interact with economic conditions such as unemployment and inflation to yield advantages that accrue to Congressional candidates at election time. These effects are termed 'economic partisan advantages'. (AM)