Love the Candidate but Hate His Party: The Asymmetric Effects of Reelection Incentives on Partisan and Personal Incumbency Returns in Mexico

• In Event: Incumbency and Ideology in the Study of Political Parties

Brief Overview

This paper opens-up the black box of incumbency by disentangling the personal and partisan incumbency advantages. The results suggest the personal advantage to be a driving force of incumbency returns, and how reelection may lead to party dealignment

Author

• Rafael Ch, Princeton University