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Incumbent Party Reelection in Australia, Canada, and the United States: An Exponential Decay Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2022

Richard J. Heggen  and
Alfred G. Cuzán Open the ORCID record for Alfred G. Cuzán [Opens in a new window]
Richard J. Heggen
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, USA
Alfred G. Cuzán
Affiliation:
University of West Florida, USA
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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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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , July 2022 , pp. 490 - 496
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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The authors’ previous collaborations yielded a micropolitical model of socially efficient governments and a fiscal model of US presidential and UK parliamentary elections.

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