Strategic Behavior in State Multimember Districts: Does Fielding One Candidate offer a Notable Advantage?

• In Event: The Impact of Election Rules

Brief Overview

We examine whether fielding a single major-party candidate in a district in which they have an electoral disadvantage offers an advantage in vote totals and in probability of winning using data from states with MMD for the last four elections.

Authors

• Ed Gerrish, University of South Dakota

• Julia M Marin Hellwege, University of South Dakota