Identification of voters with interest groups improves the electoral chances of the challenger

Vjollca Sadiraj; Jan Tuinstra; Frans van Winden

Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that, by coordinating voting behavior,these interest groups increase the winning set, which is defined as the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest groups enhance the probability of the challenger winning the election.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Sadiraj, Vjollca ; Tuinstra, Jan ; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van
Publisher:	Rotterdam [u.a.] : Tinbergen Inst.
Subject:	Spatial voting models \| electoral competition \| winning set \| interest groups \| Interessenvertretung \| Interest group \| Wahlverhalten \| Voting behaviour \| Wahlkampf \| Electoral campaign \| Neue politische Ökonomie \| Public choice \| Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie \| Economic theory of democracy \| Wahl \| Election