Local Democracy or Perfunctory Legitimation?

• In Event: Political Rules and Electoral Competition

Brief Overview

How do people win elections to county row (single function) offices, important but little explored in local democracy? We believe many factors are at work, testing them using a database of election outcomes for the past 50 years in Michigan counties.

Authors

• Brady Baybeck, Wayne State University

• Kevin Gerald Lorentz, Saginaw Valley State University