Divisive Primaries and Incumbent General Election Performance: Prospects and Costs in U.S. House Races

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Divisive Primaries and Incumbent General Election Performance: Prospects and Costs in U.S. House Races

Johnson, Gregg B. - Personal Name; Petersheim, Meredith-Joy - Personal Name; Wasson, Jesse T. - Personal Name;

Do divisive primaries hurt incumbents? If so, does the electoral calendar condition their effects? Potential challengers are predatory and estimate their electoral chances before running against an incumbent, meaning electoral prospects influence both primary divisiveness and general election performance. However, divisive primaries may waste precious campaign resources and damage the primary winner’s reputation. The evidence suggests that although divisive primaries generally hurt incumbents and help challengers as electoral prospects theory predicts, these effects wane and eventually disappear the closer the primary is to the general election.

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Series Title: American Politics Research
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Publisher: : sage publisher., 2010
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 1532673x
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Edition: Vol. 38 no. 5, September 2010.pp. 931-955
Subject(s): General elections
Primary elections
U.S. House of Representatives
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