Longevity_Elections

Analysis of longevity of governors given outcomes of close elections

By Michael L. Thompson, July 2, 2020; (at LinkedIn)

INTRODUCTION

Inspired by Andrew Gelman's July 2, 2020 blog post (here) and the responses by Erik Gahner Larsen, including the code he posted on Github at "erikgahner/Code to Paolo Inglese".

DATA

• Downloaded from here: Barfort, Sebastian; Klemmensen, Robert; Larsen, Erik Gahner, 2019, "Replication Data for: Longevity Returns to Political Office", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IBKYRX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:r2RQxcUp75qcOP1j4GqNHw== [fileUNF]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you:

• Andrew Gelman for providing a blog post that initiated this discussion and, in his blog, a forum for folks around the world to engage in such discussions.
• Erik Gahner Larsen for graciously providing access to the data and for productively engaging in this discussion.