The marketplace of democracy : electoral competition and American politics /
Since 1998, U.S. House incumbents have won a staggering 98 percent of their reelection races. Electoral competition is also low and in decline in most state and primary elections. The Marketplace of Democracy combines the resources of two eminent research organizationsthe Brookings Institution and t...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Cato Institute : Brookings Institution Press
©2006.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctt6wpg3v |
| Summary: | Since 1998, U.S. House incumbents have won a staggering 98 percent of their reelection races. Electoral competition is also low and in decline in most state and primary elections. The Marketplace of Democracy combines the resources of two eminent research organizationsthe Brookings Institution and the Cato Instituteto address the startling lack of competition in our democratic system. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 312 pages, 6 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0815755813 9780815755814 0815755805 0815755791 9780815755807 9780815755791 |