Schmidt, Amy B; Kenny, Lawrence W; Morton, Rebecca B - In: Economic Inquiry 34 (1996) 3, pp. 545-67
Many have questioned whether voters are able to hold incumbent officials electorally accountable through a retrospective voting strategy. The authors examine U.S. Senate elections from 1962 to 1990 in forty-one states, explaining which incumbents ran for reelection and their success in seeking...