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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** A couple of years ago I was talking to a political science professor about districting, and he said that in districts that are a majority Democrat, they tend to be quite strongly Democrat (I think he said they tend to be 70 to 80 percent Democrat), while Republicans tend to only hold their districts with a 55 to 65 percent majority. I could be completely wrong on those numbers, though, I haven't looked at any data, and the conversation was a long time ago. Thinking on these lines, I would suggest that this is not a bounded network, but a multi-level network. It isn't just about influence within Congress as a building, it is about controlling voting behavior within Districts. If even 10 percent of a district is Tea Partiers who will not vote for a moderate, then a moderate Republican would have to do whatever it takes to appeal to them, including vote down a budget. Just some early morning thoughts before my cup of coffee though. I may change my mind in twenty minutes. Best Regards, Eric DesMarais, MSW, LCSW Project Assistant to the Dean's Office Doctoral Candidate Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver 2148 South High Street Denver, CO 80208 303.871.4253 On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Valdis Krebs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > Looking at the current US government shutdown... it "appears" that a small > group of far-right politicians (a minority in their own Republican Party) > have sway over the rest of the party (many of whom do not want the > shutdown), but out of fear(apparently) all Republicans are > supporting/voting the minority view. > > Can a smart sociologist explain what is going on? Have any SNA studies > been done on how a small minority(~10%) controls a majority in a bounded > network? Any good papers on fear in networks? > > Valdis Krebs > http://orgnet.com > http://thenetworkthinkers.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.