Electoral strategy in geographic space: Accounting for spatial proximity in district-level party competition
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- 作者：Joshua D. Pottera ; jpotter@lsu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Santiago Olivellab ; olivella@miami.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Political parties ; Electoral geography ; Electoral competition
- 刊名：Electoral Studies
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：40
- 期：Complete
- 页码：76-86
- 全文大小：468 K
文摘
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Prior work on electoral competition has not studied strategic and spatial dynamics side-by-side.
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We review literature on party strategy and electoral geography and explain their interaction.
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We build a model of selective party entry across districts that draws on both sets of considerations.
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We find that spatial proximity between districts impacts parties' strategic entry decisions.
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We note the import of this and call for greater integration of geographic space in models of electoral competition.