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Effect of Local Ties On Electoral Success and Parliamentary Behaviour: The Case of Estonia

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The growing literature on personal vote assumes that candidates with strong local ties should be more successful electorally and more likely to break party unity in parliament. Using unique data from Estonia on candidates’ personal vote-earning attributes, such as local birthplace and local-level political experience, this research note offers the first direct test of both of these assumptions. I find that candidates with local-level political experience tend to be electorally more successful, and, once in parliament, they are more likely to behave independently and break party unity. Local birthplace has no effect on either personal vote or party unity. These findings have clear policy implications for the electoral and legislative strategies of political parties.

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Party Politics

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: sage publisher., 2010

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English

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13540688

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Vol. 16, No. 2, March 2010. pp. 215-235

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incentives
Candidates
Legislators
Party Unity
Estonia
Personal votes
EFFECT OF LOCAL TIES ON ELECTORAL

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