A major goal of this blog is to highlight when political science research is relevant for contemporary political and policy debates. With that in mind, I was wondering if anyone had any systematic research on the success of write-in candidates. Lisa Murkowski “has announced she will run as a write-in candidate”:http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/murkowski-makes-it-official-shes-back-in-the-race.php?ref=fpb in Alaska, and “discussion has already started”:http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/murkowski-can-win-as-write-in/ about whether she would win. This would be a great opportunity for anyone working on this topic to highlight their research, so if you’ve got anything either mention it in the comments section or email me directly and I’ll post about it as soon as I can.
