Cross-voting

…Elections are thus conducted between political parties, especially between the two major parties, but once the elections are over and the legislative process begins, votes are not necessarily cast along party lines, but rather members vote according to the interests of their respective constituencies. This is where cross-voting, unique to the American Congress, takes place. In other words, members of Congress are not representatives of the entire nation, but rather representatives of the interests of the region in which they were elected, and both the Republican and Democratic parties are more like coalitions of local parties centered around the states than a disciplined, unified national party. …

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…選挙はこのように政党間，ことに二大政党間の争いによって行われるが，選挙がすみ，議会内での具体的な立法段階になると，必ずしも政党の線に沿った投票は行われず，議員はそれぞれの選挙区の利害にしたがって投票する。ここにアメリカ議会特有の，政党をこえる交差投票cross‐votingが行われる。つまり，議員は全国民の代表ではなく，選出された地域の利害代表であり，共和党も民主党も，それぞれ規律のある統一された全国政党というよりは，州を中心とする地方政党の連合体であるといってよい。…

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