01754     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002200097041000800119082001200127084001800139100002000157245010200177250001100279260005100290300002600341520106200367650004501429990002501474990002501499INLIS00000000000990120221025102704  a0010-0520009901221025                |          | eng    a978-1-316-51021-6  aeng  a324.973  a324.973 STO c0 aStone, Walter J1 aCandidates and Voters :bIdeology, Valence, and Representation in US Elections /cWalter J. Stone  aCet. 1  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2017  axiii, 209 p. ;c23 cm  aThis book examine the relationship between the valence qualities of candidates and the ideological positions they take in U.S. House elections based on a study of the 2006 midterm elections. This book design enables readers to distinguish between campaign and character dimensions of candidate valence and to place candidates and districts on the same ideological scale. Incumbents with a personal-character advantage are closer ideologically to their district preferences, while disadvantaged challengers take more extreme policy positions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, challengers can reap electoral rewards by taking more extreme positions relative to their districts. This book explore a possible mechanism for this extremism effect by demonstrating that challengers closer to the extreme received greater financial contributions, which enhanced their chances of victory. This book results bear on theories of representation that include policy and valence, although the interactions between these two dimensions may be complex and counterintuitive. 4aUnited States Congress House - Elections  a26485/MK-RI/XII-2017  a26485/MK-RI/XII-2017