One frequently overlooked aspect of the U.S.-style electoral college system is that it discourages election fraud. In a … presidential election based on the popular vote, competing political parties are motivated to manipulate votes in areas where they … electoral college system provides more effective protection against election fraud compared to the popular vote system. While …

not run in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a relatively representative electoral constituency, in the general election of July 23 …

In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In … practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these … elections, we find that winning an election increases candidates' chances to win the next election by 25.1 percentage points …

content of 9,000 primary and general election websites of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, 2002-2016, as well …

estimate the effects of these protests on congressional election outcomes. In the South, we find that PPC protests led to …

United v. Federal Election Commission ruling provides an exogenous shock to corporate campaign spending, allowing …

current and future election cycles. Moreover, it affects the legislative activities of elected candidates. These effects do … during the election campaign …

on US elections since 1952. We envision a forecaster who fits a model using data from a given election and uses that … each election will have a 50-50 partisan split. Enriching the set of demographics available does not change this conclusion …