When Do Low Roll Rates Indicate Party Influence? Evidence from Counterfactual Roll Rates

• In Event: Party Power, Representation, and Competition

Brief Overview

A simulation-based counterfactual is used to unlock the observational equivalence challenge that seemingly 'partisan' majority party roll rates can be observed in the absence of any actual party influence.

Authors

• Jesse T. Richman, Old Dominion University

• Ryan Roberts, Old Dominion University