Journal article
Incumbent Party Reelection in Australia, Canada, and the United States: An Exponential Decay Model
PS, political science & politics, Vol.55(3), pp.490-496
07/2022
Web of Science ID: WOS:000809927900008
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Abstract
Exponential functions, widely used in the physical sciences, also have been used to model political phenomena. To our knowledge, however, this tool has not been used to replicate the electoral survival of the government or administration in several democracies. This article reports that an exponential survival model is a good fit for the reelection rate of the party that controls the executive office in states, territories, or provinces in three countries: Australia, Canada, and the United States.
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- Title
- Incumbent Party Reelection in Australia, Canada, and the United States: An Exponential Decay Model
- Publication Details
- PS, political science & politics, Vol.55(3), pp.490-496
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association
- Number of pages
- 7
- Copyright
- © The Author(s), 2022. © 2022, Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- WOS:000809927900008; 99380171989806600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government
- Language
- English