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The Role of Political Parties in Electoral Governance : Delegation and the Quality of Elections in Latin America

Tarouco, Gabriela - 2014

Delegated models of electoral governance (in which duties and power to appoint members of the electoral commission will be borne by the non-partisan bodies) are expected to reduce impasses caused by partisan clashes, keep away stakeholders from the decision-making process, increase confidence in...

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From Ministries to Elective Offices : Partisan and Presidential Strategies to Candidates' Recruitment

Inacio, Magna - 2015

This paper analyses ministerial experience as partisan and presidential strategies to foster political career of technocrats ministers under coalition government in Brazil widening the supply of candidates to electoral competition. Former technocrats ministers have become party members and have...

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Elections in a Communist Party Regime : Vietnam's Electoral Integrity Reforms and Challenges

Bui, Thiem - 2014

Elections in an authoritarian regime like Vietnam serve the party-state’s purposes of information acquisition and cooptation rather than popularity contest or leadership grooming. Thus, unlike the popular understanding proliferated by the Western media about the meaning of elections in...

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A Note on Close Elections and Regression Analysis of the Party Incumbency Advantage

Aronow, Peter M.; Mayhew, David R.; Lin, Winston - 2014

Much research has recently been devoted to understanding the effects of party incumbency following close elections, typically using a regression discontinuity design. Researchers have demonstrated that close elections in the United States may systematically favor certain types of candidates, and...

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Evaluation of Parties and Coalitions after Parliamentary Elections

Tangian, Andranik - 2006

universal German party. A comparison of the election results with the position of German Trade Union Federation (DGB) reveals …

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Affective Polarization and Election Expectations

Doiron, Maxim; Thomsson, Kaj; Tsakas, Elias; … - 2022

in the broader public discussion. However, the connection between affective polarization and individuals’ election … underlying mechanisms of rising affective polarization; there may, for instance, exist a link between violated election … expectations and support for extreme post-election reactions. In October 2020, we asked a set of survey participants to complete …

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Who's Getting the Office? Party Dominance and Elected Executives’ Career Path

Ramos Pastrana, Julio Alberto - 2022

This paper examines how party dominance affects elected politicians’ quality, measured by their career path. Politicians’ career is divided between political and technical or administrative posts. To examine the relationship between party dominance and career path, I use data from the...

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Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party

Alsan, Marcella; Eriksson, Katherine; Niemesh, Gregory - 2022

We study the contribution of economic conditions to the success of the first avowedly nativist political party in the United States. The Know-Nothing Party gained control of a number of state governments in the 1854-1856 elections running on a staunchly anti-Catholic and anti-Irish platform. Our...

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Vote Buying in the US Congress

Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019

We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...

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Contestable Leaderships : Party Discipline and Vote Buying in Legislatures

Iaryczower, Matias - 2007

This paper examines the institutional determinants of discipline in legislative parties building on the premise that leaders need to maintain support within the organization to continue leading. Payments distributed by the incumbent on the spot increase the value of promises of future benefits...

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