The Efficiency of Congressional Campaign Committee Contributions in House Elections

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6314872
AutoresGeorge Glasgow (0000-0001-6418-5188, University of California, Santa Barbara, autor de correspondencia), Garrett Glasgow
Año2002
Volumen8
Número6
Páginas657-672
Fecha de publicación2002-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068802008006002
OpenAlexW2064132005
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas9

The Republican Party has historically held a strong financial advantage over the Democrats in Congressional elections. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) generally has a large resource advantage over the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in Congressional elections, allowing the Republicans to outcontribute the Democrats in most Congressional districts. Further, the NRCC also led the DCCC in developing a centralized organization for managing Congressional campaigns. Thus, many scholars of political party activity in US Congressional elections believe that in the 1970s and 1980s the NRCC was the more effective campaigning force in terms of both total resources and efficiency (targeting close races for contributions). Although there is no question the Republicans were more effective fundraisers than the Democrats, empirical evidence reveals it was the DCCC that was better at targeting close races for contributions in the late 1970s and the 1980s. In the 1990s, NRCC efficiency improved relative to the DCCC, with both committees now operating as efficient campaign organizations

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