Factors that Influence Legislative Decision-Making Sample Clauses

Factors that Influence Legislative Decision-Making. Due to the demands and constraints of the state legislative session, decisions need to be made quickly and efficiently. “People tend to interact more often and more freely with people similar to themselves”, so information sources that align with legislators’ beliefs are usually found first and trusted more (Xxxxxx, 1991). Also, when there is a short amount of time to make a decision, people tend to use a restricted range of information sources (Xxxxxx, 1991), and make a decision once they are satisfied with their knowledge. This idea, called satisficing, is based on individuals’ cognitive limitations, as well as their personal motivations (Xxxxxxx, 2019). Xxxxxx (1991), describes three sources of information that legislators use: insider sources, middle range sources, and outsider sources. Most information came from insider sources, then from middle range sources, and the least amount of information came from outsider sources (Xxxxxx, 1991). A qualitative study of 25 legislators identified 18 key factors that influence legislative decision-making (Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, 1996). A follow-up study surveyed 105 legislators, where legislators were asked to rank the 18 factors to the degree that they are influential in a xxxx’s passage or failure (Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, 2010). The factors were ultimately ranked in the following order, from highest influence: fiscal impact, trust, constituents, timing, committee chairs, legislative leadership, sources of information, sponsor, regionalism, governor, interest groups, lobbyists, sources of voting advice, re-election, state agency bureaucrats/civil servants, religion, legislative staff, media (Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, 2010). A recent survey of Georgia legislators explored the factors that influence decision- making about the scope of practice for nurse practitioners (Xxxxxxx, 2018). This survey was adapted from the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx survey, and asked legislators to rank how likely each factor was to influence their decision-making (Xxxxxxx, 2018). Constituents and expert testimony were the most influential factors, in this case, and the media was the least (Xxxxxxx, 2018). In another recent study, researchers interviewed legislators and legislative aides in three states on legislators’ use of evidence in abortion policy making (Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 2019). Evidence was not found to influence decision-making on abortion policy. Rather, evidence was used broadly to support existing policy positions (Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 2019). Legislators found e...
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