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Candidates’ policy strategies in primary elections: does strategic voting by the primary electorate matter?

Adams, James; Merrill, Samuel - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 1, pp. 7-24

facing two-stage elections beginning with a primary, and we compare candidates’ policy strategies in situations where primary … primary elections to select their candidates—a common dilemma for Latin American (and some European) parties. Copyright …

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Policy-seeking candidates who value the valence attributes of the winner

Adams, James; Merrill, Samuel - In: Public Choice 155 (2013) 1, pp. 139-161

Several recent spatial modeling studies incorporate valence issues—e.g., voters’ evaluations of the candidates’ competence, integrity, and charisma—that may give one of the candidates an electoral advantage that is independent of his policy positions. However to date all such models...

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