Running on Iraq or Running from Iraq? Conditional Issue Ownership in the 2006 Midterm Elections

The authors examine the role of Iraq as a campaign issue in the 2006 midterm elections, analyzing more than 400 television advertisements produced by ninety-four candidates in forty-seven competitive races for the U.S. House of Representatives. Generally, the authors find that the issue of the war w...

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Published inPolitical research quarterly Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 230 - 243
Main Authors Dulio, David A., Trumbore, Peter F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications 01.06.2009
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Subjects
Candidates
Conditional ownership
Congressional elections
Foreign Policy
Illegal immigration
Incumbents
Iraq
Iraq War-2003
Midterm Elections
Political Campaigns
Political candidates
Political parties
Television commercials
United States
United States of America
Veterans
Voting
War
issue ownership
Iraq
campaigns
foreign policy
congressional elections
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Summary:The authors examine the role of Iraq as a campaign issue in the 2006 midterm elections, analyzing more than 400 television advertisements produced by ninety-four candidates in forty-seven competitive races for the U.S. House of Representatives. Generally, the authors find that the issue of the war was not as central an element of candidate appeals as the conventional wisdom and media storyline leading up to Election Day implied. On the issue of Iraq, as well as other issues central to 2006, the authors find evidence that challengers pursued different issue strategies than either incumbents or open-seat candidates of the same party.
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ISSN:1065-9129
1938-274X
DOI:10.1177/1065912908320670