Why the upcoming election in Georgia’s Sixth District will not be a referendum on Trump.
Monoghan, Jamie
(2017)
Why the upcoming election in Georgia’s Sixth District will not be a referendum on Trump.
[Online resource]
Next month, voters in the Peach State’s 6th Congressional District will go to the polls to elect a replacement for Rep. Tom Price, in a contest which many see as an early referendum on President Trump’s agenda. Jamie Monogan argues that this comparison is not accurate: despite Trump’s poor approval ratings, the coming special election is in a safe Republican district, and the electoral rules of its “Jungle Primary” make the contest more about the candidates than the parties.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 09 May 2017 08:14 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/76045 |