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Reassessing the incumbency effect /

Incumbents in the US House of Representatives have increased their vote percentages in recent decades, raising questions about the efficacy of elections in making members responsive. The evidence, however, indicates there has been no improvement in the electoral fortunes of incumbents in the last 50...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Incumbents in the US House of Representatives have increased their vote percentages in recent decades, raising questions about the efficacy of elections in making members responsive. The evidence, however, indicates there has been no improvement in the electoral fortunes of incumbents in the last 50 years. Only Republicans have improved their electoral fortunes as a result of realignment. This valuable book provides a very different interpretation of how incumbents have fared in recent decades, and the interpretation is supported by non-technical data analysis and presentation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 169 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:051147976X
9780511479762
9780511480560
0511480563
9780511756184
0511756186