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Replication Data for: Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/CYFIDH |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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2023-12-12 |
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Porter, Rachel; Treul, Sarah A., 2023, "Replication Data for: Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CYFIDH, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Replication Data for: Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/CYFIDH |
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Authoring Entity: |
Porter, Rachel (University of Notre Dame) |
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Treul, Sarah A. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
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Rachel Porter |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Rachel Porter |
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Porter, Rachel |
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2023-10-10 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CYFIDH |
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Social Sciences, Congress, Elections, Primaries, Representation, Candidate quality |
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From the 1980s to the mid 2010s, three-quarters of newly elected members to the U.S. House of Representatives had previous elected experience; only half of freshmen elected from 2016 to 2020 held prior office. In this paper, we investigate emergence- and success-driven explanations for the declining proportion of experienced officeholders entering Congress. In our analyses, we find that the advantages traditionally afforded experienced candidates are waning. First, we show that inexperienced candidates' emergence patterns have changed; amateurs are increasingly apt to emerge in the same kinds of contests as their experienced counterparts. We then show that experienced candidates have lost their fundraising edge, and that---for certain kinds of candidates---the value of elected experience itself has declined. Lastly, we identify other kinds of candidate characteristics as strong predictors for success in modern elections. We demonstrate that these electorally advantageous identities overwhelmingly belong to candidates who lack elected experience. |
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This dataset underwent an independent verification process, complying with the AJPS Verification Policy updated June 2023, that replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of code. The verification process was carried out by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br></br> The associated article has been awarded Open Materials Badge. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the <a href="https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/home/" target="_blank">Center for Open Science</a>.<br></br> <img src="https://odum.unc.edu/files/2020/03/OpenMaterials_PR-1.png" alt="Open Materials Badge" height="77" width="80"> |
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Bonica, Adam. 2023. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 3.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime. |
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The <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> and the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science are not responsible for the accuracy or quality of data uploaded within the <i>AJPS</i> Dataverse, for the use of those data, or for interpretations or conclusions based on their use. |
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Porter, Rachel, and Sarah A. Treul. [date]. “Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> Forthcoming. <a href="http://ajps.org/" target="_blank">http://ajps.org/</a> |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Porter, Rachel, and Sarah A. Treul. [date]. “Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> Forthcoming. <a href="http://ajps.org/" target="_blank">http://ajps.org/</a> |
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