Strategic party heterogeneity
| Autor: | Georgia Kernell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol 28, iss 3 Kernell, G. (2015). Strategic party heterogeneity. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 28(3), 408-430. doi: 10.1177/0951629814568401. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4699h78g |
| Popis: | Most spatial voting models assume or imply that homogeneous candidate teams offer parties the best prospect for winning elections. Yet, we know that candidates from the same political party often adopt different policy positions. This article reconciles theory and reality by identifying a strategic rationale for political parties to recruit a diverse pool of candidates. I develop a spatial model in which two parties each select a distribution of candidates to compete in an upcoming election. The model demonstrates that parties positioned close to the median voter should field a more homogeneous set of candidates than parties with platforms that are more distant. I test this prediction with data on the policy positions of Democratic and Republican candidates for congressional and state legislative elections since 1990. In line with the model's predictions, I find that minority parties- presumably more distant from the median voter- are more heterogeneous than majority parties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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