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Exceptions to the Rule: The Success of Maverick Candidates Ken Livingstone and Jesse Venture
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Exceptions to the Rule: The Successes of Maverick Candidates Jesse Ventura and
Ken Livingstone
Thomas J. Beech
Bemidji State University
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Brian William Smith
St. Edward’s University
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ABSTRACT
In the recent histories of the United States and the United Kingdom, there have been relativelyfew electoral victories for maverick candidates – i.e. those who challenge the existing politicalparties from outside their bounds. Yet, in the past four years, there have been two high profilemavericks to win major elections, Jesse Ventura as Governor of Minnesota and Ken Livingstoneas Mayor of London. Utilizing multivariate analysis, we examine voting behavior in each ofthese cases to deduce causes, commonalities, and lessons for future candidates. We find thatboth candidates enjoyed broad based electoral support and benefited from electoral systemsfavorable to third party voting.
Prepared for presentation at the Southwestern Political Science Association Meeting, March 23-26 2005, New Orleans, LA.
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Exceptions to the Rule: The Successes of Maverick Candidates Jesse Ventura and
Ken Livingstone
Thomas J. Beech
Bemidji State University
## email not listed ##
Brian William Smith
St. Edward’s University
## email not listed ##
ABSTRACT
In the recent histories of the United States and the United Kingdom, there have been relatively
few electoral victories for maverick candidates – i.e. those who challenge the existing political
parties from outside their bounds. Yet, in the past four years, there have been two high profile
mavericks to win major elections, Jesse Ventura as Governor of Minnesota and Ken Livingstone
as Mayor of London. Utilizing multivariate analysis, we examine voting behavior in each of
these cases to deduce causes, commonalities, and lessons for future candidates. We find that
both candidates enjoyed broad based electoral support and benefited from electoral systems
favorable to third party voting.
Prepared for presentation at the Southwestern Political Science Association Meeting, March 23-
26 2005, New Orleans, LA.
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