Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11984
COMPETITIVENESS IN HOUSE AND SENATE ELECTIONS WITH IDENTICAL CONSTITUENCIES
In: Political behavior, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 95-102
ISSN: 0190-9320
THE GREATER COMPETITIVENESS OF SENATE ELECTIONS RELATIVE TO HOUSE ELECTIONS HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO BOTH CONSTITUENCY AND NONCONSTITUENCY FACTORS. WHEN CONSTITUENCY FACTORS ARE HELD CONSTANT, HOUSE INCUMBENTS PERFORM SLIGHTLY BETTER AT THE POLLS THAN DO SENATE INCUMBENTS, HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOUSE AND SENATE INCUMBENTS HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE 1920. ON THE CONTRARY, THE DIFFERENCES HAVE NARROWED SOMEWHAT.