THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS

Editor Andrew Dowdle, University of Arkansas Assistant Editor Leah Hamilton, University of Arkansas Book Reviews Richard L. Engstrom, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, Duke University

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Previous Editors Gary D. Wekkin, University of Central Arkansas Charles D. Hadley, University of New Orleans Brinck Kerr, University of Arkansas John C. Green, University of Akron

THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS

Volume 32 Spring 2011

CONTENTS

Correction to Prysby and Watkins: “Change in Southern Congressional Elections, 2004-2008” ...... 1

How Our Life Experiences Affect Our Politics: The Roles of Vested Interest and Affect in Shaping Policy Preferences Gregory A. Petrow and Timothy Vercellotti ...... 3

Demythifying the “Dark Side” of Social Capital: A Comparative Bayesian Analysis of White, Black, Latino, and Asian American Voting Behavior Baodong Liu ...... 31

Descriptive Representatives, Party Status, and Latino Representation in Congressional Legislation Walter Clark Wilson ...... 57

Table of Contents for Summer 2011 ...... 77

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© The American Review of Politics Correction to Prysby and Watkins “Change in Southern Congressional Elections, 2004-2008”

Two formatting errors were made in the Fall-Winter 2010-2011 issue (Volume 31) for Tables 4 and 5 of Change in Southern Congressional Elec- tions, 2004-2008 by Charles Prysby and Katherine Watkins. For Table 4, the coefficients for two of the variables (“Change in Democratic campaign expenditure, 2004-2008” and “Change in Republican campaign expenditure, 2004-2008”) appear in the first column, under the heading Model 1, but these entries should be in the second column, under Model 2. The correct title for Table 5 is “Regression Analysis of Change in Con- gressional Campaign Spending, 2004-2008.” The correct note for that table should read “Entries are unstandardized regression coefficients, with stan- dard errors in parentheses. The dependent variable is the change in the cam- paign spending by the designated party in the district from 2004 to 2008. Vote percentages are measured as percentages of the two-party vote, and the congressional vote is adjusted as explained earlier. Change in the campaign expenditure is measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars and is adjusted as explained earlier. The loss or gain of incumbent by either party measures whether there was a change in the incumbency situation of a seat between 2004 and 2008. See the text for details on these variables.” We apologize for the errors.

Andrew Dowdle Editor, American Review of Politics

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