Replication Data for: Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative electionsdoi:10.7910/DVN/XFUJOOHarvard Dataverse2021-01-051Rudolph, Lukas; Leininger, Arndt, 2021, "Replication Data for: Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XFUJOO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:nnnHRD6FohSh56R0cP1dsA== [fileUNF]Replication Data for: Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative electionsdoi:10.7910/DVN/XFUJOORudolph, LukasLeininger, ArndtHarvard DataverseRudolph, LukasRudolph, Lukas2020-12-14Social Sciencesconcurrencyturnoutelectoral outcomeselection timingsecond-order electionsquasi-experimentThe files provided allow the replication of all statistical analysis in "Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections". Article abstract: Concurrent elections are widely used to increase turnout. We theorize and show empirically how concurrency affects electoral outcomes. First, concurrency increases turnout and thereby the participation of peripheral voters. Second, in combined elections, one electoral arena affects the other. In our case of majoritarian executive elections concurrent to PR legislative elections, the centripetal tendency of majoritarian elections colors off to the concurrent PR race. Third, concurrency also entails spill-overs of the incumbency advantage of executive officeholders to the concurrent legislative race. Drawing on quasi-random variation in local election timing in Germany, we show that concurrency increases turnout as well as council votes for the incumbent mayor's party and centrist parties more generally, with slightly more pronounced gains for the political left. As a consequence, concurrent elections consolidate party systems and political power by leading to less fragmented municipal councils and more unified local governments.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>Rudolph, Lukas, Arndt Leininger (2021). Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections. In: Electoral Studies, forthcoming, 10p.10.​1016/​j.​electstud.​2020.​102264Rudolph, Lukas, Arndt Leininger (2021). Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections. In: Electoral Studies, forthcoming, 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