• Source: Electoral competition

      • Electoral competition, political competition or electoral competitiveness describes the amount of competition in electoral politics between candidates or political parties, usually measured by the margin of victory.
      The Polity data series includes a measure of political competition. Political competitiveness can be affected by the proportionality between votes and seats, which can be represented by Gallagher index.


      Roemer model of political competition




      Effect on corruption


      Political competitiveness can affect the level of political corruption.


      By country


      In American federal elections, races for U.S. Senate tend to be more competitive than those for U.S. House of Representatives. Even in wave election years, the vast majority of U.S. House members keep their seats, with little pressure from the opposing party. Competition in U.S. House races has been in decline since at least the 1960s.


      See also


      Effective number of parties
      Nomination rules
      Median voter theorem
      Marketplace of ideas
      Lesser of two evils principle


      References

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