Presidential coattails, incumbency advantage, and open seats: A district-level analysis of the 1976-2000 U.S. House elections

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-641

  Mattei, Franco ^a   Glasgow, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coattail effect; Incumbency; Open seats; United States House

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344496049     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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