Electoral Choice in the American States
Incumbency Effects, Partisan Forces, and Divergent Partisan Majorities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3169898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew T Cowart (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 835-853 |
| Publication date | 1973-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1958628 |
| OpenAlex | W2325973691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 10 |
It is a relatively common occurrence in American politics for state electorates to divide their partisan majorities between different parties, depending on the office contest. Observations concerning these divergent aggregate patterns are usually accompanied by speculation that the theoretical propositions on individual voting behavior, developed and tested in the context of presidential voting, hold less relevance for voting in statewide contests. Evidence presented in this paper does not bear out that view of state elections. The candidate incumbency context of state elections is introduced as an aid in predicting the partisan direction of split-ticket voting at the state level. Setting respondents in various conflict situations with respect to (1) basic party loyalties, (2) net assessments of presidential candidates, and (3) incumbent partisanship yields reasonably accurate specification of split-ticket voting patterns in gubernatorial, senatorial, and presidential contests; it also suggests at least one source of disparate partisan majorities among state electorates
CONTEST · Context (archaeology · Economics · First-past-the-post voting · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Relevance (law · Speculation · State (computer science · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Media and Politics
The Electoral Impact of Partisanship and Incumbency Reconsidered
Lost Our Lease”
The Significance of Voting Cues in State Supreme Court Elections
When Women Run Against Men
Incumbent Popularity and Vote Choice in Gubernatorial Elections
The Electoral Fortunes of Gubernatorial Incumbents
Retrospective Voting in Gubernatorial Elections
Competitiveness of Senate Seats and Voting Behavior in Senate Elections
Campaign Spending in Contests for Governor
Elections and the political order
New England State Politics
Public opinion and Congressional elections
American State Politics
Party Government and the Saliency of Congress
Surge and Decline
The Salience of American State Politics
The Motivational Basis of Straight and Split Ticket Voting
Some Dynamic Elements of Contests for the Presidency
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2011 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |