Congressional challengers : candidate quality in U.S. elections to Congress / Costas Panagopoulos.
| Author/creator | Panagopoulos, Costas author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Dynamics of challenger quality : introduction -- Challenger quality : conceptualization and measurement : literature review -- Explaining challenger quality : hypotheses and methodology -- Money and challenger quality -- Candidate quality and communication strategy -- Movin' on up : the impact of state legislative term limits on candidate quality in U.S. House elections, 1972-2014 -- States of ambition : aggregate challenger quality in the U.S. States, 1972-2014 -- Explaining the decline in challenger quality, 1972-2014 -- Challenger quality, incumbency advantage and democracy in America -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "In this book, Costas Panagopoulos examines patterns of candidate emergence in congressional elections over the past four decades - specifically, the quality of challengers who seek to unseat U.S. House incumbents, as measured by prior political experience. Panagopoulos demonstrates that fewer and fewer experienced challengers have tossed their hats into the ring since the early 1970s. Inexperienced candidates face an electoral liability that is difficult to overcome. Looking at factors including campaign spending, district-level partisan composition, and institutional reforms such as term limits, Panagopoulos assesses reasons and consequences for this development over time. He points to important implications for the study of congressional elections and democracy in the United States, including reforms in recruitment and candidate selection strategies to heighten electoral competition and ultimately, to enhance democratic representation in Congress. For students and scholars of the US Congress and elections, this book addresses public concern about representation as well"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Costas Panagopoulos is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Northeastern University. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2022). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Panagopoulos, Costas. Congressional challengers New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781138057876 |
| LCCN | 2021034727 |
| ISBN | 9781315164649 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1315164647 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781351674782 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1351674781 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781351674768 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1351674765 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781351674775 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1351674773 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Stock number | 9781315164649 Taylor & Francis |