American Politics Research

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Robeck, B. W.
Right arrow Articles by Dyer, J. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
American Politics Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 31-45 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X8201000102

Ballot Access Requirements in Congressional Elections

Bruce W. Robeck

Texas A&M University

James A. Dyer

Texas A&M University

Ballot access laws attempt to limit the number and type of candidates who qualify to have their name appear on official ballots. A study was conducted of the relationship between the difficulty of access requirements and the number of congressional candidates from 1968 through 1976. Incumbency and electoral margin also were used as predictor variables. Ballot access requirements helped to explain the number of candidates running in House elections but not for the Senate contests. Incumbency and electoral competition variables were found to influence candidate competition for both houses in the primary but only for the House in general elections. Although the ballot access requirements have some effect on the opportunities for candidacy, the political factors have an independent effect which may be more important than the formal requirements in some circumstances.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?