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Author: Hans J. G. Hassell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1108420990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Demonstrates how party elites influence candidate decisions and shape the outcomes of primary elections for House and Senate.
Author: Marty Cohen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009-05-15
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0226112381
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that—such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding—people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades, The Party Decides shows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America’s founding to control nominations as a means of getting what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates’ fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally recognized.
Author: Caitlin E. Jewitt
Publisher:
Published: 2019-01-08
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0472131133
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The primary rules that political parties set limit voter influence, but do not always work as parties expect
Author: Alan Ware
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-10-14
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1139434675
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book rejects conventional accounts of how American political parties differ from those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of the direct primary and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. It overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by anti-party reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party 'regulars' and their opponents. Rather, the impetus for direct nominations came from attempts within the parties to subject informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late nineteenth century.
Author: Hans J. G. Hassell
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781267379719
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scholarship on candidate emergence has largely ignored the role of political parties and their ability to affect the decisions of primary candidates. Instead, scholars have focused on the nature and experience of the candidate as well as the political environment as determining factors in the emergence of candidates for political office. In this dissertation I argue that parties are influential in the primary process. Because political parties do not publicize decisions to support or oppose candidates during the primary election, I design a measure of candidate connectedness from publicly available fundraising data that measures the strength of a party organization's support of a candidate. I validate this measure using actual endorsements by interest groups. Using information about the fundraising networks of Senatorial candidates from 1990 to 2010 and House candidates from 2004 to 2010 I show that candidates who are less connected to the national senatorial campaign committees are less likely to remain a candidate in the primary, even when controlling for overall fundraising numbers. Those that do remain in the race without party support are also less likely to win. While the process may appear undemocratic, I also provide evidence that the targeted influence of parties benefits moderate candidates who are more representative of the district's median voter.
Author: Robert G. Boatright
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-15
Total Pages: 949
ISBN-13: 1134841779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Primary elections have been used for the past century for most U.S. elective offices and their popularity is growing in other nations as well. In some circumstances, primaries ensure that citizens have a say in elections and test the skills of candidates before they get to the general election. Yet primaries are often criticized for increasing the cost of elections, for producing ideologically extreme candidates, and for denying voters the opportunity to choose candidates whose appeal transcends partisanship. Few such arguments have, however, been rigorously tested. This innovative Handbook evaluates many of the claims, positive and negative, that have been made about primaries. It is organized into six sections, covering the origins of primary elections; primary voters; US presidential primaries; US subpresidential primaries; primaries in other parts of the world; and reform proposals. The Routledge Handbook of Primary Elections is an important research tool for scholars, a resource guide for students, and a source of ideas for those who seek to modify the electoral process.
Author: Giulia Sandri
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1317083563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now becoming commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as to how much they hinder a party’s organizational strength and cohesion or affect electoral performance have largely been ignored outside of the USA. Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective gives a much-needed conceptualization to this topic, describing the function and nature of primary elections and providing a comparative analytical framework to the impact of primaries on the internal and external functioning of political parties. Elaborating on the analytical tools developed to study the US experience this framework engages with primary elections in Europe and Asia offering a theoretical, comparative and empirical account of the emergence of party primaries and an invaluable guide to internal electoral processes and their impact.
Author: William P. Cross
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0773548556
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While primary elections are most often associated with presidential candidates in the United States, similar methods for selecting party leaders and candidates are becoming increasingly common in parliamentary democracies around the world. The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections introduces the first comprehensive examination of both the concept and the practice of primary elections outside of the United States. By offering a clear definition of primary elections and examples of their types, the authors deliver the tools needed for comparative analysis within and across diverse party systems. Focusing their attention on Canada and Israel - two early adopters of primary elections - the authors unveil the most pressing challenges of conducting internal elections, including questions of financing, monitoring and oversight, and the recruitment of new party members. At the same time, the book highlights the democratic benefits of primaries through direct and widespread participation in internal party decision making. Drawing upon the experience of parties with a long history of primary elections, The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections offers valuable lessons and insights for parties around the world in search of more open and inclusive democratic practices.
Author: Katherine M. Gehl
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Published: 2020-06-23
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1633699242
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Leading political innovation activist Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business strategist Michael Porter bring fresh perspective, deep scholarship, and a real and actionable solution, Final Five Voting, to the grand challenge of our broken political and democratic system. Final Five Voting has already been adopted in Alaska and is being advanced in states across the country. The truth is, the American political system is working exactly how it is designed to work, and it isn't designed or optimized today to work for us—for ordinary citizens. Most people believe that our political system is a public institution with high-minded principles and impartial rules derived from the Constitution. In reality, it has become a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between the players. Tragically, it has therefore become incapable of delivering solutions to America's key economic and social challenges. In fact, there's virtually no connection between our political leaders solving problems and getting reelected. In The Politics Industry, business leader and path-breaking political innovator Katherine Gehl and world-renowned business strategist Michael Porter take a radical new approach. They ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis—and Porter's distinctive Five Forces framework—to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today. Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most powerful lever for change—a strategy comprised of a clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and practical recommendations cut through the endless debate about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and campaign finance reform. The result: true political innovation. The Politics Industry is an original and completely nonpartisan guide that will open your eyes to the true dynamics and profound challenges of the American political system and provide real solutions for reshaping the system for the benefit of all. THE INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION The authors will donate all royalties from the sale of this book to the Institute for Political Innovation.
Author: Frances Rosenbluth
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0300241054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics In recent decades, democracies across the world have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates; ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly; many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones.Yet voters keep getting angrier.There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem. Efforts to decentralize political decision-making have made governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents’ long-term interests. They argue that to restore confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.
