Bottoms up: How subnational elections predict parties’ decisions to run in presidential elections in Europe and Latin America

Do parties’ experiences in subnational elections predict when parties enter national competition and compete for the presidency? Building upon the party nationalization literature, we argue that a party’s presence in elections across subnational units and its subsequent performance in these election...

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Main Authors: Jae-Jae Spoon, Karleen Jones West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-08-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168015602039

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