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Adams, James. and Merrill, III, Samuel. "When Voters AND Candidates Value Good Job Performance: Expanding the Spatial Model to Consider a New Class of Valence Issue" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210659_index.html>

Adams, J. and Merrill, III, S. , 2007-08-30 "When Voters AND Candidates Value Good Job Performance: Expanding the Spatial Model to Consider a New Class of Valence Issue" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210659_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Several recent spatial modeling studies incorporate valence issues – e.g., voters’ evaluations of the candidates’ competence, integrity, and charisma – that may give one of the candidates an electoral advantage that is independent of his policy positions. However to date all such models assume that while voters value positive valence characteristics, the candidates themselves do not. Building on empirical research by scholars such as Mondak, Stone, Maisel, and Maestas, we develop a spatial model where the candidates are valence-seeking, i.e. – like the voters – the candidates prefer that the winning candidate possess qualities, such as integrity and competence, which will enhance his job performance. We analyze a spatial model where the candidates value both the valence qualities and the policies of the winning candidate, and we show that the candidates’ optimal strategies typically diverge as the valence differential increases, and in particular that the valence-disadvantaged candidate normally has incentives to become more extreme as the valence advantage of her opponent increases – of-ten in contrast to her incentives under standard policy-seeking models in which candidates do not value valence per se.

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