The Effects of Campaign Contribution Sources on the Congressional Elections of 1996

Craig A. Depken

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Abstract: The debate over campaign-finance reform includes how different sources of campaign contributions affect the outcomes of political campaigns. Using data from the Congressional races of 1996, I find that PAC contributions had a larger effect on the percentage of votes received and campaign outcomes relative to individual and political party contributions. Incumbency advantage is negated after accounting for contributions to all candidates in a political race.

Keywords: elections; Congress; campaign runding; Political Action Committees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 K0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-03-28
Note: Type of Document - Tex/; prepared on PC-TEX; to print on PostScript; pages: 10; figures: none
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