Tribal Politics or Discerning Voters? Party and Policy in Local Elections

Martin, Danielle Joesten

Tribal Politics or Discerning Voters? Party and Policy in Local Elections - Urban Affairs Review 2024 - 1871-1897

How do voters react to local candidates who share their policy views but not their party identification, and vice versa? This paper presents findings from a survey experiment that cross-pressured respondents to choose between a co-partisan candidate who d

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Local Lelection
Survey Experiment
Voting Cues
Political Parties