Policy is for Losers (and Winners): Electoral Fortunes and Incumbent Party Strategies

• In Event: Winners, Losers and Opportunists

Brief Overview

This study examines whether political parties are more likely to engage in policy-seeking behavior when they believe they are going to lose the next election.

Authors

• Christian B. Jensen, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• Christopher J Williams, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• Zachary David Greene, University of Strathclyde