The Dixiecrat rebellion: Long-term partisan implications in the Deep South
In: Peace research abstracts journal, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 754
ISSN: 0031-3599
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In: Peace research abstracts journal, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 754
ISSN: 0031-3599
In: International journal of information management, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 29-47
ISSN: 0268-4012
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 103-112
ISSN: 0362-9805
THIS ARTICLE FINDS THAT SPECIAL ELECTIONS ARE A SUBSET OF OPEN-SEAT ELECTIONS, WITH BOTH TYPES OF CONTEST STRONGLY IMPACTED BY CANDIDATE AND CONSTITUENCY INFLUENCES. IT FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF A SUBSTANTIAL PRESIDENTIAL-APPROVED EFFECT IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS. THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A RELATIONSHIP UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF CANDIDATES AND CONSTITUENT PREFERENCES IN STRUCTURING ELECTIONS AND INDICATES THE INAPPROPRIATENESS OF DRAWING NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FROM SPECIAL HOUSE CONTESTS.