Sudulich, Laura, Wall, Matthew, Farrell, David (2013) Why bother campaigning? Campaign effectiveness in the 2009 European Parliament elections. Electoral Studies, 32 (4). pp. 768-778. ISSN 0261-3794. (doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.031) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:66202)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.031 |
Abstract
This paper explores the effectiveness of European Parliament candidates' campaigns. We analyze the relationship between candidates' spending and their likelihood of success, controlling for a range of relevant co-varying factors. We then investigate whether the effects of electoral spending are conditioned by two variables: ballot design and incumbency. We find that, ceteris paribus, spending was positively related to a candidate's likelihood of electoral success in the 2009 campaign, though this effect is small in scale. We also reveal that the electorally positive effects of spending are observable across both 'party-centered' and ‘candidate-centered’ ballot structures, and that there is some evidence that incumbent spending is less effective than challenger spending.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.031 |
Subjects: |
J Political Science J Political Science > JN Political institutions and public administration (Europe) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations |
Depositing User: | Laura Sudulich |
Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2018 14:11 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:25 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66202 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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