Title
Term limits, electoral competition, and representational diversity: The case of Florida
Abbreviated Journal Title
State Polit. Policy Q.
Keywords
Political Science
Abstract
The article assesses two predictions made by term limits advocates: that term limits would increase electoral competition and enhance demographic representation in state legislatures. Although term limits may indeed have these consequences in some places and some times, their early effects in Florida do not provide support for these predictions. Our analysis suggests that state legislative seats that have opened up as the result of term limits yielded races with no smaller margins of victory than in previous elections, nor were they more likely to be contested by the two major political parties. Likewise, we found no significant increase in the representation of minorities or women in the Florida State Legislature after term limits.
Journal Title
State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Volume
6
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
448
Last Page
462
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1532-4400
Recommended Citation
"Term limits, electoral competition, and representational diversity: The case of Florida" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6557.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6557
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