The Electoral Payoff of Legislative Effectiveness

• In Event: Electoral Incentives and Legislative Behavior

Brief Overview

We examine the electoral payoff of legislative effectiveness. We find that more effective members face fewer quality challengers in the primary election and win the general election by larger margins than their less effective counterparts.

Authors

• Danielle Thomsen, University of California, Irvine

• Sarah A. Treul, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Craig Volden, University of Virginia-Main Campus

• Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University