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Bicameralism and Election Timing : A Comparison of the United Kingdom to Australia
Sanborn, Howard B - 2010
In the United Kingdom, Smith (2003;2004) has illustrated that prime ministers make their decision to call an election … to maximize the chance for re-election. This argument should be applicable to other majoritarian systems, yet various …
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Publicly Funded Legislative Campaigns Through Citizens' Elections Programs : Who Participates and Does it Matter?
Salka, William - 2010
In recent decades, a number of states have enacted reforms aimed at controlling campaign costs and increasing electoral competition. One such reform has been the use of public funds to finance campaigns to state offices, and these voluntary 'Citizens' Elections Programs' are used to fully fund...
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Strategic Voting Decisions in the Absence of Democratic Experience and Strong Party Ties : A Natural Experiment in the 1990 German Unification Elections
Leiter, Debra Lynn - 2010
democratic experience and strong party ties. Utilizing the 1990 German Unification Election Study, I examine a natural experiment …
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The Relationship between Economic Voting and Electoral Campaign in the 2008 American General Election
Ji Yeon, Hong - 2010
voting when an incumbent president runs for re-election, and engage in prospective voting when he does not run. In the 2008 … American presidential election, however, voters cast their vote to Obama as a punishment to Bush administration even though the … President Bush didn't run for re-election. Previous researches also argue that if voters are disappointed with economic …
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Constituency Congruency and Candidate Competition in Primary Elections for the U.S. House
Carson, Jamie L. - 2010
election. Using GIS software, we are able to derive a measure of constituency overlap by focusing on the degree of congruency … candidates start with a strong voter base, we also find that they do better in the primary election …
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Attacking Judges : The New Politics of State Supreme Court Election Campaigns
Hall, Melinda Gann - 2010
Recent trends in judicial elections, including expensive rough-and-tumble campaigns characterized by televised attack advertising and politicized discourse, are causing advocacy groups and legal scholars to condemn the practice of electing judges. This paper addresses an important aspect of this...
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