Local elections, campaign finance, and the health of American democracy -- The cities and the data -- Campaign finance, competition, and electoral success -- Why campaign spending matters -- Electoral accessibility and the campaign finance barrier -- Biases in the contributor pool -- The effects...

Voters who participate in elections to the European Parliament tend to use these elections to punish their domestic governing parties. Many students of the EU therefore claim that the party-political composition of the Parliament should systematically differ from that of the Council. This study,...