The Relationship Between an Incumbent Governor's Popularity and State Legislative Election Outcomes: A Contemporary Assessment of the Coattails Phenomenon

<p> The thesis explores the relationship between an incumbent governor's popularity and state legislative election outcomes in the contemporary era. The study employs data collected from 49 states over a 16-year period (1988 - 2003). Existing archival election and economic data were compi...

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Main Author: Mayo, Michael John
Other Authors: Political Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33641
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06182004-141837/