Interpreting the 1974 Congressional Election

Eric Uslaner (), M. Margaret Conway, Gary C. Jacobson and Samuel Kernell

American Political Science Review, 1986, vol. 80, issue 2, 591-595

Abstract: What factors best account for the 1974 congressional election results? Were the Democratic party gains in House seats due mainly to the behavior of “strategic politicians” who sought or accepted candidacies and raised effective campaign war chests? Or were the Democratic gains due more to the impact of Watergate and the economy on voters' choices? In this Controversy, Gary C. Jacobson and Samuel Kernell defend the “strategic politicians” thesis, while Eric Uslaner and Margaret Conway stand by their more conventional accounting of the 1974 election outcome.

Date: 1986
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