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Patrick Basham

Cato Studies


"Uncompetitive Elections and the American Political System," by Patrick Basham and Dennis Polhill, Policy Analysis no. 547, June 30, 2005.

"Can Iraq Be Democratic?," Policy Analysis no. 505, January 5, 2004.

"Defining Democracy Down: Explaining the Campaign to Repeal Term Limits," Policy Analysis no. 490, September 30, 2003.

"This Is Reform? Predicting the Impact of the New Campaign Financing Regulations," Briefing Paper no. 78, November 20, 2002.

"Does Cleanliness Lead to Competitiveness? The Failure of Maine's Experiment with Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns," by Patrick Basham and Martin Zelder, Policy Analysis no. 456, October 16, 2002.

"Election 2002 and the Problems of American Democracy," by John Samples and Patrick Basham, Policy Analysis no. 451, September 5, 2002.

"Assessing the Term Limits Experiment: California and Beyond," Policy Analysis no. 413, August 31, 2001.

"It's the Spending, Stupid! Understanding Campaign Finance in the Big-Government Era," Briefing Paper no. 64, July 18, 2001.

"Lessons of Election 2000," by John Samples, Tom G. Palmer and Patrick Basham, Briefing Paper no. 59, January 2, 2001.



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