It's Monica, Stupid
The Impeachment Controversy and the 1998 Midterm Election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan I Abramowitz (0000-0003-1649-3471, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440200 |
| OpenAlex | W1990720083 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper tests three competing explanations for the outcome of the 1998 midterm election: a normal politics explanation, a peace-and-prosperity explanation, and a scandal backlash explanation. After examining the evidence from the 1998 National Election Study, I conclude that the most important reason for the Republican party's poor showing in the 1998 midterm election was a voter backlash against Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr and congressional Republicans over their handling of the presidential sex scandal and impeachment inquiry. I then address the question of why congressional Republicans acted as they did, and I examine what implications these findings may have for the ability of the GOP to maintain control of Congress in future elections
Impeachment · Political science · Politics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
Explaining and Predicting Midterm Congressional Election Outcomes
Are some parties immune from scandal? Party family, scandal exposure, and party evaluation
How does news exposure shape citizens' perceptions of and behavioral responses toward corruption
National Forces and the U.S. House Vote, 1980-2004
The Coingate effect
Surviving Scandal
Two Sides of the Coin
Of Shirking, Outliers, and Statistical Artifacts
The Effects of Scandalous Information on Recall of Policy-Related Information
A heterogeneous rally effect for a corrupt president
Impeaching the President
The Spatial Model and the Senate Trial of President Clinton
Moral Cultures, Reputation Work, and the Politics of Scandal
| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |