Democrats* 46% Party Republicans 54% Men 83% Gender Women 17% White 83% Black 8% Race Hispanic 6% Asian 3% * As well as all Independents caucusing with Democrats. Note: State delegations are omitted for space. Table 2 provides the legislative leaders of the 112th Congress who are relevant for the final hypothesis. Table 2: Congressional Leaders of the 112th Congress Democrat Republican Title Member Title Member House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) Speaker John Boehner (OH) House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA) Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL) Minority Whip John Kyl (AZ) As a first step is assessment we calculated the raw number of times each member of the Congress was name-dropped by another member. These totals are presented in Table 3. The leadership hypothesis, H1, is assessed by the average total number of target mentions, rather than by using a measure of similarity between a name-dropping source and target as is the case for H2-H5. For H1, table 3 provides the first bit of solid support for H1. Table 3: Average Total Number of Mentions by Legislator Characteristics: 112th Congress Mean Total Times Standard Error N Name Dropped Leaders 171 73 8 Non-Leaders 49 3 540 House 45 3 446 Senate* 77 10 102 Democrats 43 4 256 Republicans* 58 4 292 Men 50 3 453
Party Democrats* 46% Republicans 54% Gender Men 83% Women 17% Race White 83% Black 8% Hispanic 6% Asian 3% * As well as all Independents caucusing with Democrats. Note: State delegations are omitted for space. Table 2 provides the legislative leaders of the 112th Congress who are relevant for the final hypothesis. Table 2: Congressional Leaders of the 112th Congress Democrat Republican Title Member Title Member House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) Speaker John Boehner (OH) House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA) Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL) Minority Whip John Kyl (AZ) As a first step is assessment we calculated the raw number of times each member of the Congress was name-dropped by another member. These totals are presented in Table 3. The leadership hypothesis, H1, is assessed by the average total number of target mentions, rather than by using a measure of similarity between a name-dropping source and target as is the case for H2-H5. For H1, table 3 provides the first bit of solid support for H1. Table 3: Average Total Number of Mentions by Legislator Characteristics: 112th Congress Mean Total Times Name Dropped Standard Error N Leaders 171 73 8 Non-Leaders 49 3 540 House 45 3 446 Senate* 77 10 102 Democrats 43 4 256 Republicans* 58 4 292 Men 50 3 453
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