%0 Journal Article
%T The Influence of Incumbency and Partisanship on Fenno¡¯s Paradox: Evidence from Taiwan¡¯s Legislative Yuan
%A Laura Bucci
%A Timothy S Rich
%J Journal of Asian and African Studies
%@ 1745-2538
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0021909617694059
%X Fenno¡¯s Paradox¡ªthe preference for one¡¯s own legislator while disliking the legislature as a whole¡ªremains one of the most consistent findings in American politics. This tendency increases the likelihood for incumbents to win reelection, despite being a part of a less popular institution. Little analysis looks at whether Fenno¡¯s Paradox exists outside of the US in other legislative contexts, or whether incumbency itself or partisan identification is the larger influence. Using 2012 survey data from Taiwan, a mixed member system, this analysis examines individual level divergence between preference for a legislator and institutional preference. Consistent with work in American politics, we find a marginal incumbency advantage, but this effect is attenuated by the partisanship of the district legislator
%K Taiwan
%K Fenno¡¯s Paradox
%K incumbency
%K partisanship
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021909617694059