The Power of an Hour: Effects of Candidate Time Expenditure in State Legislative Elections

• Autores: Michael G. Miller
• Localización: Legislative studies quarterly, ISSN 0362-9805, Vol. 41, N. 2, 2016, págs. 327-359
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Using survey data from more than 500 legislative candidates in 17 states during the 2008 election, I examine whether state house candidates who devote more time to their campaign win a larger share of the major-party vote. Consistent with previous work studying campaign spending in state legislative elections, I find a positive and significant association between campaign time and vote percentage for challengers—but not incumbents—in incumbent-contested elections.