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Partisanship and Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives, 1789-2002.
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Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association . 2003 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, p1-45. 46p. 6 Charts, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- This paper identifies, tracks, and examines the 601 contested election cases in the House of Representatives from the 1st through 107th (1789-2002) Congresses. A chief goal of the paper is to assess the degree to which partisanship has been a significant factor in influencing contested election outcomes. The chief finding is that a sizeable majority of successful contests have favored the majority party; however, the overall impact of the contested election process, in terms of adding majority party seats, has been quite small on a per-Congress basis. The one exception to this latter finding was during the late-nineteenth century, when a significant increase in successful contests, and majority party additions, occurred. This was due, in large part, to the Republican Party’s strategic use of contested elections as a means of maintaining a presence in the former-Confederate South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PARTISANSHIP
*CONTESTED elections
*POLITICAL participation
*POLITICAL parties
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 16023733
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/apsa_proceeding_1335.pdf