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      Candidate Quality in U.S. Elections to Congress

      Congressional Challengers

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      Congressional Challengers book

      Candidate Quality in U.S. Elections to Congress
      ByCostas Panagopoulos
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      eBook Published 31 December 2021
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315164649
      Pages 148
      eBook ISBN 9781315164649
      Subjects Politics & International Relations
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      Panagopoulos, C. (2021). Congressional Challengers: Candidate Quality in U.S. Elections to Congress (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315164649

      ABSTRACT

      In this book, Costas Panagopoulos examines patterns of candidate emergence in congressional elections over the past five 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 often face electoral challenges that are difficult to overcome. Looking at factors including campaign spending, district-level partisan composition, and institutional reforms such as term limits, Panagopoulos evaluates explanations and consequences for these developments 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 U.S. Congress and elections, this book addresses public concern about representation as well.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|24 pages

      Dynamics of Challenger Quality

      Introduction

      chapter 2|16 pages

      Challenger Quality—Conceptualization and Measurement

      chapter 3|7 pages

      Explaining Challenger Quality

      Hypotheses and Methodology

      chapter 4|10 pages

      Money and Challenger Quality

      chapter 5|10 pages

      Candidate Quality and Campaign Communications Strategies

      chapter 6|9 pages

      Movin' On Up

      The Impact of State Legislative Term Limits on Candidate Quality in U.S. House Elections, 1972–2018

      chapter 7|6 pages

      States of Ambition

      Aggregate Challenger Quality in the U.S. by State, 1972–2018

      chapter 8|26 pages

      Explaining the Decline in Challenger Quality, 1972–2018

      chapter 9|10 pages

      Implications

      Challenger Quality, Incumbency Advantage, and Democracy in America

      chapter 10|4 pages

      Conclusion

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