Fenno's Paradox

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Fenno's Paradox is the belief that people generally disapprove of Congress as a whole, but support the Congressman from their own Congressional district. It is named for Richard Fenno who discussed this in his 1979 book Home Style: House Members in Their Districts. [1]

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  1. ^ Kaplan, Johnathan E. "Reynolds casts aside six-year itch, counts on Fenno's Paradox" [1] Accessed August 24, 2006.