Incumbency effects and the strength of party preferences: Evidence from multiparty elections in the United Kingdom

Previous researchers have speculated that incumbency effects are larger when voters have weaker partisan preferences, but evidence for this relationship is surprisingly weak. We offer a fresh look at the question by examining the U.K.’s multiparty system. In general, the electoral value of incumbenc...

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Prif Awduron: Eggers, A, Spirling, A
Fformat: Journal article
Cyhoeddwyd: University of Chicago Press 2017

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