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Gubernatorial coattail effects in state legislative elections : a reexamination

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Prior studies on state legislative elections have found gubernatorial coattails playing a key role; however, they fail to examine the temporal and state-based trends of this phenomena. Using precinct level data from nine states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming), over two election cycles (2002 and 2006), I measure the importance a state’s ideological makeup, and a governor’s institutional powers has on gubernatorial coattails. Findings reaffirm the importance of coattails, and previously researched variables; however, the addition of the above measures greatly affects coattail strength, dependent on host of controlling factors.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/3753
Date11 December 2013
CreatorsLang, Matthew Joseph
ContributorsDusso, Aaron, Vargus, Brian S., Ferguson, Margaret Robertson
Source SetsIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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