A technique for estimating candidate and voter locations |
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Authors: | Barry C Burden |
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Institution: | Department of Government, Harvard University, Littauer Center 322, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper develops a simple technique for locating voters and candidates in two-party US elections. Such a procedure is attractive because it overcomes the limitations of existing techniques that fail to place incumbents, challengers, and constituents on the same scale. The method is demonstrated using data from the 1988 presidential and congressional elections. The new data are then used to reevaluate spatial theories of candidate competition. |
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Keywords: | Spatial model Candidate positioning Congressional elections |
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