Information and Voting in California Senate Elections

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ID6301469
AuthorsGary C Jacobson (0000-0001-6392-839X, University of California San Diego), Raymond E Wolfinger
Year1989
Volume14
Issue4
Pages509
Publication date1989-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLegislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/439956
OpenAlexW2010227656
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Senators seeking reelection are much more vulnerable than representatives, and senators from the largest states are the most vulnerable of all. Patterns of information and voting behavior in the 1980 and 1986 Senate elections in California provide some possible explanations. The relatively low salience of Alan Cranston, the incumbent in both elections, raised the importance of the campaigns and of other short-term factors. Only an attractive, well-financed challenger could derive any advantage from this circumstance, however, and Cranston escaped such a threat until 1986. When forced by an able opponent, the incumbent was able to counter with his own campaign to frame the issues and define the contest

Ballot · Cognitive psychology · CONTEST · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Salience (neuroscience · Voting · Voting behavior · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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