Vote Trading on Farm Legislation in the U.S. House
研究美国众议院中农业团体如何通过投票交易来通过自己的法案，发现烟草、糖、花生和奶农与穷人代表形成了活跃联盟，而小麦、水稻和棉花农民参与较少，饲料谷物农民则完全不在联盟中。
Abstract Several farm groups do not command enough votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass their programs without the help of others. This study investigates the extent of vote trading by these groups. Both vote trading among these groups and between them and representatives of the poor are examined. Farm legislation from 1985–86 is studied. The results show an active coalition among tobacco, sugar, peanut, and dairy farmers, as well as the poor. Wheat, rice, and cotton farmers are much less active in the coalition, while feed grain farmers are not in it at all.