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Incumbent Deviations from Constituents

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Originally published in SJSU ScholarWorks

Lopez and Campbell (2004) find a statistically significant, positive relationship between incumbents' deviations from their constituents' preferences and incumbents subsequent campaign expenditures. We replicate their empirical program using a different measure of incumbent deviation based on Berry, Ringquist, Fording, and Hanson (1998).

 

Lopez and Campbell (2004) find a statistically significant, positive relationship between incumbents' deviations from their constituents' preferences and incumbents subsequent campaign expenditures. We replicate their empirical program using a different measure of incumbent deviation based on Berry, Ringquist, Fording, and Hanson (1998). Using both measures of incumbents' deviations we both confirm and disconfirm the Lopez and Campbell result, implying either the construct of incumbents' deviations from constituents' interests or its operationalization is underdeveloped.
 

 

Lopez and Campbell (2004) find a statistically significant, positive relationship between incumbents' deviations from their constituents' preferences and incumbents subsequent campaign expenditures. We replicate their empirical program using a different measure of incumbent deviation based on Berry, Ringquist, Fording, and Hanson (1998). Using both measures of incumbents' deviations we both confirm and disconfirm the Lopez and Campbell result, implying either the construct of incumbents' deviations from constituents' interests or its operationalization is underdeveloped.

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