State Election Law and Votes for Third Parties in US House Races

Abstract

The research addresses the issue of third party voting for US House seats. The theory driving the research is that election systems barriers account for the overall poor performance of third parties in the US. Specifically the research attempts to identify the association between unique state election laws and variation in statewide third party voting success. Results suggest that when states allow fusion candidacies and easier ballot access third parties fare better. The nature of the primary system, however, does not affect third party voting as hypothesized. A class of demographic considerations and other control variables are also found to be significantly associated with aggregate third party voting.

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Thesis Completion

2005

Semester

Fall

Advisor

Schraufnagel, Scot

Degree

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Degree Program

Political Science

Subjects

Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences; Elections -- United States; Third parties (United States politics)

Format

Print

Identifier

DP0021944

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Document Type

Honors in the Major Thesis

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