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Research
Conference Papers
Seib, Drew. "Unclear Ideology Heuristics and Voting." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL. April 2007.
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Abstract: Representative democracies require that its citizens choose representatives that are in their best interest. Research shows that people have little knowledge about candidates. Scholars are now exploring heuristics as a way for citizens to be able to make reasonable decisions with little or no information about candidates. Research on heuristics thus far has only considered clear or well-defined heuristics, but heuristics are not always welldefined. This study will examine the ability of voters to employ the ideology heuristic when it is unclear. The question driving this paper is can a person vote for the candidate with the same ideology if the ideology heuristic is unclear. The results show that people are not as probable to vote for the candidate with the same ideology when the ideology heuristic is unclear.
Works In Progress
"Campaign War Chests and Challenger Emergence in State Supreme Court Elections"
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Abstract: The study of campaign war chest and challenger emergence has only been studied in the context of legislative and executive elections. This study seeks to expand the understanding of this relationship by studying it in the context of state supreme court elections from 1990 to 2006 in states that hold competitive elections. A bivariate probate model is used to test the relationship, taking into account the emergence of both weak and strong challengers. The results provide some support for the conventional wisdom that large war chest deter challengers.
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