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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Judicial Elections"”.
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Essays on Election
… national levels. The first chapter focuses on judicial elections in Houston, while the last two chapters forecast the 2024 national election. This first chapter examines whether changes in local crime rates influence voter behavior in partisan judicial elections. Using precinct-level crime and …
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Measuring the Impact of Elections on Judge Behavior Using Machine Learning and Economics Tools
… Economics, this paper examines the effects of judicial elections on decisions by magistrate court judges in Pennsylvania. I find that judges who are running in contested primary races dismiss fewer cases in the months leading up to their election. This effect is driven mostly by changes in the …
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What's the Public Got to Do With It? The Impact of Public Opinion on Judicial Decisions: An Empirical Analysis of Abortion Case Outcomes
… becomes more liberal within the state, so too do judicial decisions. Furthermore, the judge’s individual preferences are conditionally mildly significant when interacted with public opinion. The second paper focuses on the timing of the election cycle particularly cases which are heard within two …