Lame Duck by Primary: Effect of Electoral Incentives on the U.S. House Members

• In Event: Poster Session: Legislative Studies & American Political Economy
  In Poster Session: Poster Session: Legislative Studies

Abstract

In this article, I utilize primary elections to estimate how the behavior of representatives responds to changes in electoral incentives for upcoming elections. Specifically, I assess differences in various post-primary legislative behavior among U.S. House Representatives from 1954 to 2022. Most notably, the outcomes show that electoral incentives induce legislators' party-line stance but are not significantly related to ideological polarization.

Author

• Kisoo Kim, University of Chicago