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It's the occupation, stupid! Explaining candidates' success in low-information elections
Mechtel, Mario - In: European journal of political economy 33 (2014), pp. 53-70
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It's the occupation, stupid! Explaining candidates' success in low-information elections
Mechtel, Mario - Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in … - 2013
) an occupation’s public reputation, (b) the extent to which individuals carrying out certain occupations are known within … the reputation/ prestige of certain jobs, we find a strong correlation between an occupation’s reputation and the … electoral success of a candidate carrying out this occupation. Therefore, voters appear to use occupational reputation as a cue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700981
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It's the occupation, stupid! Explaining candidates' success in low-information elections
Mechtel, Mario - In: European Journal of Political Economy 33 (2014) C, pp. 53-70
) an occupation's public reputation, (b) the extent to which individuals carrying out certain occupations are known within … the reputation/prestige of certain jobs, we find a strong correlation between an occupation's reputation and the electoral … success of a candidate carrying out this occupation. Therefore, voters appear to use occupational reputation as a cue in low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011056310
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It's the occupation, stupid! Explaining candidates' success in low-information elections
Mechtel, Mario - 2013
) an occupation's public reputation, (b) the extent to which individuals carrying out certain occupations are known within … the reputation/ prestige of certain jobs, we find a strong correlation between an occupation's reputation and the … electoral success of a candidate carrying out this occupation. Therefore, voters appear to use occupational reputation as a cue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343273
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Candidate ballot information and election outcomes : the Czech case
Jurajda, Štěpán; Münich, Daniel - 2014
on higher candidate salience in small municipalities. We also quantify the election advantage of a slate being randomly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457402
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Interest Groups and the Electoral Control of Politicians
Snyder, James M.; Ting, Michael M. - 2005
We study an under-utilized source of data on legislative effectiveness, and exploit its panel structure to uncover several interesting patterns. We find that effectiveness rises sharply with tenure, at least for the first few terms even after controlling for legislators institutional positions,...
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Coup De Etat, Fraud, Counterfeited Elections and the Art of Tearing a Nation
Mohamed, Issam A.W - 2011
occupation which did not diminish even with the withdrawal of the Egyptians army in 1924. Such feelings were increased with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184118
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Characterizing Political Cynicism of First-Time Voters for the 2016 Philippine Elections
Murcia, John Vianne; Guerrero, Frazhale - 2016
With elections looming in the Philippines, first-time voters are confronted with a serious dilemma: distrust and doubt with the government; hence, political cynicism. Hence, the purpose of the study is to characterize political cynicism as perceived by college students who are first-time voters...
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The Rule of Law vs. 'Party Nature' : Presidential Elections, the U.S. Constitution, the Electoral Count Act of 1887, the Horror of January 6, and the Electoral Count Reform Act of...
Sunstein, Cass R. - 2022
With respect to the election of the U.S. President, the U.S. Constitution is vague and full of silences and gaps …
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Glass houses and friends-and-neighbors voting : an exploratory analysis of the impact of political scandal on localism
Mixon, Franklin G. - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-10
The 2017 U.S. Senate Special Election in Alabama, which was decided on 12 December 2017, was one of the most … this particular election provide the heretofore unexamined impact of political scandal on localism or friends …-and-neighbors voting in political contests. Based on data from the 2017 special election in Alabama, econometric results presented here …
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