Do presidents unite or divide Congress? In new research which analyses more than 6,000 roll calludvotes over nearly 40 years, udTravis J. Bakerud finds that members of the opposition party are about 6udpercent less likely to support a president’s priorities than members of the president’s party. Thisudoccurs even when legislators have the same voting record, and the differences get wider asudpresidents speak for longer on the issue. He argues that this effect is mainly driven by dividedudgovernment, since at those times Congress is more likely to vote for bills which are opposed to theudpresident’s agenda.
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机译：总统是团结还是分裂国会？在一项新的研究中，分析了近40年的6,000多次点名表决， udTravis J. Baker ud发现，反对党成员支持总统优先次序的可能性比总统党成员低约6％。即使立法者拥有相同的投票记录，这种情况也是不正确的，而且随着民选议员在这个问题上的发言时间更长，分歧也越来越大。他认为，这种影响主要是由分裂的 udud政府造成的，因为在那个时候，国会更有可能投票反对与udp总统议程相反的法案。
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