The Effects of the Straight Ticket Voting Option and Citizen Ideology on Divided Government

• In Event: State and Local Elections in American Politics

Brief Overview

We show that the straight ticket voting option (STVO) reduces the likelihood of divided government across the American states, with the greatest impact occurring in ideologically moderate electorates.

Authors

• Benjamin Melusky, Old Dominion University

• Eric Douglas Loepp, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater