Incumbency and Challenger Quality in U.S. House Elections, 1866-1944: A Reappraisal

• In Event: Poster Session: Political Participation and Elections

Brief Overview

This paper reexamines candidate forces in the 1866-1944 U.S. House elections. New estimates of the impact of incumbency and challenger quality are about half as large as those reported by Carson and Roberts (2005, 2013).

Author

• Robert B. Arseneau, Independent Researcher