Journal article
Congressional Midterm Forecasts: A Trump Economic Difference?
The forum : a journal of applied research in contemporary politics, Vol.16(4), pp.477-496
12/19/2018
DOI: 10.1515/for-2018-0039
Abstract
Among certain politicians, pundits and people, the expectation was that President Trump would make an economic difference in the 2018 congressional elections. In particular, the belief was that his economic appeal, coupled with his economic policies, would favor Republican candidates. However, an application of the classic referendum model for forecasting congressional outcomes shows no detectable Trump economic effect. That is, the economic conditions prevailing prior to the election, measured in multiple ways, worked as usual, helping to predict the actual Republican 40 seat loss rather closely. Put another way, any incumbent administration, faced with this set of numbers, would likely have experienced the same outcome. In sum, the Trump presence, in its economic manifestations, did not positively impact the Republican party fortune at midterm time.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Congressional Midterm Forecasts: A Trump Economic Difference?
- Creators
- Charles Tien - Department of Political Science, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USAMichael S Lewis-Beck - Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The forum : a journal of applied research in contemporary politics, Vol.16(4), pp.477-496
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- DOI
- 10.1515/for-2018-0039
- ISSN
- 2194-6183
- eISSN
- 1540-8884
- Number of pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/19/2018
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984025657702771
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