The Case of the Missing Reciprocal Influence
Incumbent Reputation and the Vote
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6388397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Romero (0000-0001-5446-1070, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1198-1207 |
| Publication date | 1996-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2960157 |
| OpenAlex | W2148014001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Demonstrating that what incumbents do brings them electoral reward has proven surprisingly frustrating. At the individual level, the best evidence for this hypothesis comes from studies which employ voters' subjective assessments of their incumbents' casework-related activities. Some scholars, however, claim these findings are due to rationalization effects: voters have favorable assessment of their incumbents because they intend to support them in the upcoming election. This is a valid criticism. However, these critics do not investigate whether voter assessments have a meaningful influence on incumbent affect once rationalization is considered. I ask this question. I discover that once rationalization is controlled, voter assessments of incumbent reputation indeed leave a significant and meaningful influence on the vote for the incumbent
Affect (linguistics · Criticism · Economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Public relations · Rationalization (economics · Reciprocal · Reputation · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Elections and the political order
The Personal Vote
Home Style and Washington Work
Does Casework Matter? A Reply to Professor Fiorina
A New Model for Old Measures
Incumbents' Advantages in the 1978 U. S. Congressional Elections
Correlates and Effects of Attention to District by U. S. House Members
Congressmen, Perquisites, and Elections
Party Government and the Saliency of Congress
Loosened Partisan Attachments and Receptivity to Incumbent Behaviors
Personal Economic Well-Being and the Individual Vote for Congress
The Electoral Consequences of Perquisite Use
Congressional Elections and Local Federal
The Pro-Incumbent Bias in the 1978 and 1980 National Election Studies
The Grateful Electorate
Some Problems in Studying the Effects of Resource Allocation in Congressional Elections
The Pro-Incumbent Bias in the 1982 National Election Study
The Congressional Incumbency Effect
Representatives' Actions and Challengers' Reactions
Economic Discontent and Political Behavior
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2010 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |