Was the Tea Party Responsible for the Republican Victory in the 2010 House Elections?

Bond, Jon; Fleisher, Richard; Ilderton, Nathan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1912707

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Was the Tea Party Responsible for the Republican Victory in the 2010 House Elections?

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August 19, 2011

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We test the hypothesis that the Tea Party won the House for Republicans. We find no support for the hypothesis. Instead, we find that variables long cited in the congressional elections literature - in particular, the incumbent’s previous electoral performance, the normal party vote in the district, candidate spending, and challenger experience - best explain the results of the 2010 elections.

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Keywords: Congressional elections, Tea Party, 2010 midterm elections

JEL Classification: D72

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Date posted: August 20, 2011

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Bond, Jon R., Fleisher, Richard and Ilderton, Nathan, Was the Tea Party Responsible for the Republican Victory in the 2010 House Elections? (August 19, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1912707 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1912707

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Jon R. Bond (Contact Author) Texas A&M University ( email ) Department of Political Science TAMU 4348 College Station, TX 77843-4348 United States
Richard Fleisher Fordham University ( email ) 113 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 United States
Nathan Ilderton affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

Abstract

Was the Tea Party Responsible for the Republican Victory in the 2010 House Elections?

Jon R. Bond

Richard Fleisher

Nathan Ilderton

Date posted: August 20, 2011

Suggested Citation

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Jon R. Bond (Contact Author)

Richard Fleisher

Nathan Ilderton