We examine how differences in the institutions that regulate candidate nomination
procedures, specifically direct primary election laws, affect the types of candidates elected in …

We know how it happened, formally. The voters of twenty-six states (and the District of
Columbia) chose 332 Democratic electors pledged to the incumbent president; voters in twenty-…

… election, Ken Carty noted that one of the most basic questions asked by analysts about an
election … 1 The answer for the 2007 election was clearly continuity, although, as Carty also …

… We study whether the chairman can easily, or only with great difficulty, determine how to
control a specific election, and conclude that voting procedures can differ significantly in the …

… national average in the quadrennial national elections. The technique employed was not …
beginning with May and ending the week after election day. Four other comparable samples of …

This chapter reviews the record of the Fine Gael (FG)–Labour government elected in 2011.On
the plus side was Ireland’s much improved economy with growth up and unemployment …

… elections. The assumption underlying this model is that the overriding issue in a presidential
election … economy, and the timing of the election. The more popular the incumbent president …

… For those who ponder the meaning of the thirty-eight electoral ballots cast for the Dixiecrats
in the recent election, an analysis of the " miscegenation" phase of the war-election of 1864 …

… Consequently, the election scheme we propose is practically oriented for large groups of …
election schemes where multiple candidates can be managed. Multi-candidate election …

… In particular, he argues that, if all else is equal, leaders announce elections when they … ,
early elections signal a leader's lack of confidence in future outcomes. The earlier elections occur…