One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought
judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or …

Electoral clientelism and vote buying are widely perceived as major obstacles to economic
development. This is because they may limit the provision of public goods. In this paper, we …

At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up
Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert …

In Why Americans Split Their Tickets, Barry C. Burden and David C. Kimball argue that
divided government is produced unintentionally. Using a new quantitative method to …

Individual citizens are the largest source of contributions for congressional candidates in the
United States. This paper investigates if and how fundraising from this source is related to …

We estimate the effect of candidate appearance on vote choice in congressional elections
using an original survey instrument. Based on estimates of the facial competence of 972 …

This book covers all elements of parties and the electoral process, including local, state, and
national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and local …

Research regarding the electoral importance of race and ethnicity in congressional elections
is limited by the overwhelming focus on general-election outcomes. This article seeks to …

The apparent ineffectiveness of incumbent campaign spending in congressional elections is
one of the enduring puzzles in the political economy literature. Previous work in this area …

Daily interactions between partisan elites, the media, and citizens are the driving dynamic of
election campaigns and the central determinant of their outcomes. Accordingly, we develop …