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    Primary election candidates change their campaign strategies in response to both their current and (potential) future opponents

Primary election candidates change their campaign strategies in response to both their current and (potential) future opponents

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Do candidates respond to their opponents during primary elections? If so, which opponents do they engage with: those running against them in the same primary or those who they might face in the general election? In new research, Kevin K. Banda and Thomas M. Carsey show that US Senate and gubernatorial candidates alter their television advertising strategies in response […]

January 25th, 2016|Elections and party politics across the US, Kevin K. Banda, Thomas M. Carsey|1 Comment|
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    Despite worries to the contrary, the evidence suggests that candidates do engage in dialogue with their opponents

Despite worries to the contrary, the evidence suggests that candidates do engage in dialogue with their opponents

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Do candidates engage in dialogue with their opponents during election campaigns in the U.S? The conventional wisdom is that candidates talk past rather than to one another. In new research examining the television advertisements aired by U.S. Senate candidates, Kevin K. Banda finds that candidates do tend to partake in dialogue with their opponents and do so to a […]

September 14th, 2015|Elections and party politics across the US, Kevin K. Banda|0 Comments|
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