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Constituent Representation within the Economic Bailout of 2008 in Relation to Congressional Voting and Re-Election Rates Edith McClelland Mentor: Mark Petracca Over the past year bailouts have been among the most debated measures taken by the United States government. The first of the many economic bailouts as of late, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, was passed in October 2008, a mere 31 days before Election Day, when every seat in the House and 35 Senate seats were up for election. There have been many studies that have looked at why Congresspersons vote the way they do, though the results are often contradictory. My research adds to these previous studies and is different from them as it focuses on a specific bill. My research asked, what cued Congresspersons voting on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and did the way they voted on this bill determine their re-election. I found that the power of incumbency vastly outweighed Americans’ overall dislike for the bill, as Congresspersons who voted for the bill were no less likely to be re-elected than those who voted against it.
