Epistemic orientation predicts legislative effectiveness among members of the US Congress
Read the original on arXiv Computation and Language →The study examines how the use of evidence-oriented versus intuition-oriented language—measured by the Evidence‑Minus‑Intuition (EMI) score—varies among individual U.S. Congress members and relates to their legislative effectiveness. It finds that more ideologically extreme legislators tend to use less evidence-oriented language on the floor, that EMI scores are consistent across floor speeches and Twitter posts (though lower on Twitter overall), and that higher EMI scores on the floor predict greater legislative effectiveness even after controlling for ideology and other factors. The research highlights evidence‑based communication as a significant individual attribute linked to legislative success.
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