Yea or nay? Depends on your district.

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Who voted for the debt limit bill in the House? Scott Bland and Peter Bell, in National Journal, say that members from marginal districts tended to support it while members from safe districts tended to oppose it.

As they concede, this effect is more pronounced among Democrats than among Republicans:

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