Description:
Introduction: those fittest for the trust -- Who wants to run? -- A framework for studying elections and ideology -- The electoral preference for moderates -- Polarization and the devaluing of office -- Depolarization and the benefits of office -- Polarization and the costs of running -- Conclusion: who wants to run? in broader context -- Appendix 1: additional results on polarization and who runs -- Appendix 2: estimating the advantage of moderates -- Appendix 3: effects of office benefits on polarization -- Appendix 4: state legislators running for the U.S. House