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We examine the impact of a candidate's gender on electoral success in the primary and general elections, while controlling for other factors that may influence a candidate's success such as political experience, quality of the challenging candidates, and district-level demographics. The...
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In 2000, as part of Tony Blairメs promised devolution of British government, an election was held for a newly created … and re-elected mayor. In the 2008 election, Livingstone was defeated by an equally unconventional candidate, Conservative …
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Displaying a political yard sign is a conspicuous element of the election experience but an understudied act of …,000 households in Franklin County, Ohio from the 2008 presidential election cycle. In addition to traditional predictors of …
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This paper examines an update of a gubernatorial election forecast model that was based on the DeSart and Holbrook … presidential election forecast model …
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democratic experience and strong party ties. Utilizing the 1990 German Unification Election Study, I examine a natural experiment …
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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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Early democratic theorists argued that one purpose of a democratic government is to increase the happiness of its citizens. However, all democracies are not equal. Some democracies through their institutional arrangements create broader representation to their citizens, while others reduce...
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Most discussion of vetogates emphasizes how these institutional features limit and constrain the possibilities for reform. Less discussed, however, is how these same vetogates, aided by a staggered electoral calendar for each House of Congress and the Presidency, allow reform coalitions - once...
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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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We intend in this project to show that the severity of felony sentences imposed by elected trial court judges in the state of Washington is highest in court districts where constituents are disposed toward a punitive approach to combating crime and lowest in districts favoring more leniency in...
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