Pol-Sci492WIPring 2014Annotated BibliographySave this document in your Q folder. Using two references in your references folder, enter citation information and summarize each reference. To summarize the references, please refer to the Annotated Bibliography document. Citation: Edwards III, George, Andrew Barrett and Jeffrey Peake. “The Legislative Impact of Divided Government.” American Journal of Political Science. 41.2 (1997): 545-563. Internet. February 11, 2014.Summary: The authors of this article examine a theory and examine important legislation and determine whether it was passed in divided government versus unified government. The hypothesis of this article is that “important laws are more likely to fail under divided government.” The results of this article show the following conclusion. If the government is divided, it is more likely that the president will oppose more laws than when the government is unified. Additionally, important laws will not be passed more often under divided government. Citation: Thorson, Gregory. “Divided Government and Partisan Legislation, 1947-1990.” Policy Research Quarterly. 51.3 (1998): 751-764. Internet. February 11, 2014. Summary: In this article, Thorson objects to Mayhew and his argument that divided government does not impact the amount of important legislation that is passed and signed into law. Thorson argues that Mayhew may be correct in that there is no difference in the number of bills passed, but that divided government does result in coalitions forming. Thorson's specific argument is that party unity votes that favor the dominant party are more likely to form in final passage votes during periods of unified government...... middle of paper ... ...the preferences of veto players have a substantial impact on gridlock in the United States over party control of government. Citation: Barrett, Andrew and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha. “Presidential success on the merits of the legislation.” Political Research Quarterly. 60.1 (2007): 100-112. Internet. February 13, 2014.Summary: In this article, the authors focus on a president's success in crafting legislation. For this article's research, the authors studied 191 statutes from 1965 to 2000. The authors' hypothesis is "the higher its approval rating, the more a final statute will reflect the president's policy preferences." Some of the authors' conclusions were that the president's legislative success can increase during phases of unified government and also in deadlocks, but also when the president's approval rating is high..