Electoral competition
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Electoral competition or electoral competitiveness describes the amount of competition in electoral politics between candidates or political parties, usually measured by the margin of victory.[1] The Polity data series includes a measure of political competition.[2]
United States
In American federal elections, races for
wave election years, the vast majority of U.S. House members keep their seats, with little pressure from the opposing party.[4] Competition in U.S. House races has been in decline since at least the 1960s.[5]
See also
References
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- ^ https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/p5manualv2018.pdf Marshall, Monty G., and Ted Robert Gurr. "Polity5: Political regime characteristics and transitions, 1800-2018." Center for Systemic Peace 2 (2020).
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- ^ "How Do We Make Elections More Competitive?". Prospect.org. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- S2CID 18783205.
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