Democrats in Split-Outcome Districts and the 2010 Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6100476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey M Stonecash (0000-0002-8196-4500, Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 321-324 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096511000163 |
| OpenAlex | W2167550759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
The 2008 congressional elections produced a House in which 84 members came from split-outcome districts. Forty-nine Democrats won in districts that Barack Obama lost, and 35 Republicans won in districts that Obama won. To protect their majority, the Democrats needed to retain these 49 members. Given the party's 257 seats, these split members constituted the difference between being in the majority and the minority. The 49 Democrats faced the dilemma of whether to vote with their party, given that their district voted for the presidential candidate of the other party. The focus here is on these split Democrats: their electoral situation, their votes, and their fate in 2010
Dilemma · Economics · House of Representatives · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Sociology · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2015 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |