Published January 1981
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Presidential Coattails in Historical Perspective
Chicago
Abstract
It is agreed that the degree of association between the presidential and congressional election results is an important "Constitutional" variable. But the significance of this association depends on whether it is due to extraneous forces or to the personal attractiveness of the president. In this paper we give a statistical basis for determining the dependence of the vote for members of the House on the attractiveness of the presidential candidate. Further, it is shown that their dependence has decreased rather sharply and is currently at a historical low point.
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Revised. Original dated to September 1980. Support for this research was provided by the National Science Foundation (SOC78-15413). Special thanks are due to Forest Nelson, Dave Grether, Morris Fiorina, Roderick Kiewiet, Morgan Kousser, and Bruce Cain. Published as Ferejohn, John A., and Randall L. Calvert. "Presidential coattails in historical perspective." American Journal of Political Science (1984): 127-146.Attached Files
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- 82228
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20171009-144428378
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- SOC78-15413
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- Social Science Working Papers
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- Social Science Working Paper
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- 343