Party Strategy, Candidate Selection, and Legislative Behavior in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio J Ascencio (0000-0003-3257-3439, University of New Mexico), Yann P Kerevel (0000-0003-4202-0619, Louisiana State University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 713-743 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12300 |
| OpenAlex | W3042839883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 53 |
What explains party unity in legislatures? Prior research suggests when candidate selection and electoral rules create incentives for legislators to cultivate a personal vote, party unity should decline. However, previous theories often treat candidate selection rules as exogenous institutions that have independent effects on legislative behavior despite the fact the choice of nomination rules are often an intraparty issue and a key component of partisan electoral strategies. Here, we develop a theory linking candidate selection rules to party unity through the strategic behavior of party leaders. Our main finding is that, under personalized electoral rules, the effects of nomination rules on legislative behavior are conditional on parties' electoral incentives. We test our theory using data from the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, a case where our results are unlikely to be explained by personal vote‐seeking incentives since legislators are banned from seeking reelection
Economics · Incentive · Legislature · Microeconomics · Nomination · Political science · Selection (genetic algorithm · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration
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Legislative Candidate Selection and Incumbent Renomination in Mexico
The Personalization of Electoral Rules
Do Primaries Improve Evaluations of Public Officials? Experimental Evidence from Mexico
The informal rules of candidate selection and their impact on intra-party competition
The Future of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies
Political survival and legislative reselection in Mexico’s chamber of deputies
Retaining Political Talent
Democratization and Authoritarian Party Survival
Patterns of Legislative Politics
Democracy within Parties
Party Discipline and Parliamentary Politics
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties
Primary Election Systems and Representation
Informal Institutions and Democracy
Mexico’s Left
Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government
Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics
Primaries at the municipal level
Party Primaries in Taiwan
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Power within Parties
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Cross-Border Spillover
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The Changing Party of the Institutional Revolution
Candidate Selection Procedures in Transitional Polities
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Determinants of Candidate Selection
Pork‐Barreling without Reelection? Evidence from the Mexican Congress
The Conditional Effect of Electoral Systems and Intraparty Candidate Selection Processes on Parties' Behavior
Governors and “Their” Deputies
How the Party Can Win in Personal Vote Systems
Party Voting Cohesion in Mixed Member Legislative Systems
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Party unity in parliamentary democracies
Electoral Systems, Political Career Paths and Legislative Behavior
(Sub)national Principals, Legislative Agents
Electoral Systems and Legislators’ Constituency Effort
Back Rooms or Ballot Boxes
Candidate Selection Procedures, Seniority, and Vote-Seeking Behavior
Candidate and Party Strategies in Two‐Stage Elections Beginning with a Primary
Competing Principals, Political Institutions, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting
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The New Federalism of Mexico's Party System
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
Endogenous ballot structures
Why Rules Matter
Too Much Democracy? Primaries and Candidate Success in the 2006 Mexican National Elections
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |