government and a challenger party in opposition compete in elections by choosing the issues that will key out their campaigns …. Giving salience to an issue implies proposing an innovative policy proposal alternative to the status-quo. Parties trade off … the issues with high salience in voters concerns and those with broad consensus on some policy proposal. Each party …

Which issues are discussed by candidates in an election campaign? Why are some issues never discussed? Model … simultaneously, announcing any positions they choose on any issues. To us, salience is simply the discussion of an issue in a … campaign. If both candidates and voters are expected utility maximizers, we find salience results, in that candidates typically …