Why do experienced challengers do better than amateurs?

Political Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-198

  Lazarus, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amateurs; Candidate entry; Challengers; Elections; Political experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949118840     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9046-5     Document Type: Article

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