Minority Partisanship in One-Party Predominant Legislatures: A Five-State Study

Based on a 1984 mail survey of Republican legislators in five southern legislatures, this study concludes that it is no longer adequate to simply dismiss a role for minority partisanship in one-party predominant legislatures. Variance exists among the legislatures and includes both partisan and nonpartisan models. Which model is followed may be affected by the number of minority party members, their treatment by the chamber's leadership, and the party of the governor, though none of these factors appears sufficient by itself to produce minority partisanship or organization.