ABSTRACT
Congress and the Presidency were designed, normatively speaking, to represent the interests of the public. Whether these institutions accomplish this is the subject of several scholarly treatments (Arnold 1990; Asher and Weisberg 1978; Fenno 1978; Fiorina 1996; Herrnson 1998; Mayhew 1974; Mouw and MacKuen 1992; Light 1991; Shull 1997). Shifts in policy responsiveness is a measure of representation (Arnold 1990; Peterson 1990; Kingdon 1984; Light 1991; McCool 1995; Meier 1993; Page and Shapiro 1983; Ripley 1985; Ripley and Franklin 1991; Shull and Gleiber 1991; Shull 1997; Stimson et al. 1995). This study also examines the relationships between the public, policy responsiveness and representation by means of the dynamic representation model developed by Stimson, Makuen and Erikson (1995).
