Variations of Individual Candidate Campaigns

Abstract

Studies on election campaigns have focused for a long time mainly on campaign activities of parties or of top shot candidates. However in most elections a very large number of candidates run and campaign to win a parliamentary seat, many more than there are seats to be filled. Campaign styles and the type of campaign activities likely vary depending on the chances of getting elected, how much personal incentives an electoral system provides to seek personal votes as well as other features of the electoral system and campaign regulations. In addition, the intensity and style of campaigning likely relates to cultural habits of campaign styles. Door-to-door canvassing for example is very common in some parts of the world, where it is rather unknown in other parts. This panel gathers papers looking at candidate campaigning in comparative perspectives trying to explain variation in candidate campaigning between countries but also within countries. Key questions to be addressed are what campaign instruments are used, how much money is spent and on what and what pays off in order to get elected in various elections and electoral systems.

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