Issue Voting in U.S. Senate Elections: The Abortion Issue in 1990
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Congress & the Presidency
- Vol. 21 (2) , 99-111
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469409507881
Abstract
Most studies of Senate elections have used aggregate data to examine the sources of electoral success. These studies have shown that incumbency, challenger quality, and candidate spending are important sources of electoral outcomes. Yet research also suggests that issues matter in Senate elections. In this study, we show that the abortion issue was an important source of vote choice in some of the 1990 Senate elections.Keywords
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