ISSUE VOTING IN UNITED-STATES-SENATE ELECTIONS - THE ABORTION ISSUE IN 1990

Authors
COOK EA JELEN TG WILCOX C
Citation
Ea. Cook et al., ISSUE VOTING IN UNITED-STATES-SENATE ELECTIONS - THE ABORTION ISSUE IN 1990, Congress & the presidency, 21(2), 1994, pp. 99-111
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Congress & the presidency → ACNP
ISSN journal
07343469
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
99 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-3469(1994)21:2<99:IVIUE->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Most studies of Senate elections have used aggregate data to examine t he sources of electoral success. These studies have shown that incumbe ncy, challenger quality, and candidate spending are important sources of electoral outcomes. Yet research also suggests that issues matter i n Senate elections. In this study, we show that the abortion issue was an important source of vote choice in some of the 1990 Senate electio ns.