Assistant Professor Tim Vercellotti and Professor George Taylor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration presented a paper on political efficacy at the 2005 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 10 in Chicago.
In their paper, “Nothing Succeeds Like Success: The Effects of Winning on Political Efficacy,” Vercellotti and Taylor found that volunteering for winning campaigns and encouraging others to vote for winning candidates helped to increase one’s sense of political efficacy. The authors tested their hypotheses using data gathered in the Nov. 15-18, 2004 Elon University Poll.