Congressional Primaries and the Politics of RepresentationPeter F. Galderisi, Marni Ezra, Michael Lyons Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 188 sider Congressional Primaries and the Politics of Representation explores the ways in which congressional primary elections appear to be changing in the face of electoral and congressional politics. The prominent contributors examine how primary elections influence the types of candidates who run, the support they receive, the positions they take, the resources they spend, the media coverage they receive, and the type of party nominees that prevail. All of these factors have significant implications for congressional general elections, the political parties, interest groups, and the day-to-day representation of constituents by congressional incumbents. |
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Introduction Nomination Politics and Congressional Representation | 3 |
Congressional Primaries in Historical and Theoretical Context | 11 |
Nomination Players Politics and Outcomes | 27 |
Primary Elections as a Deterrence to Candidacy for the US House of Representatives | 29 |
The Benefits and Burdens of Congressional Primary Elections | 48 |
Campaign Finance in US House Primary and General Elections | 62 |
Elections and Amateurs The Christian Right in the 1998 Congressional Campaigns | 77 |
The Politics of RepresentationPrimaries and Polarization | 93 |
The Effects of Electoral Rules on Congressional Primaries | 116 |
Explaining the Ideological Differences between the Two US Senators Elected from the Same State An Institutional Effects Model | 132 |
Californias Experience with the Blanket Primary | 143 |
Postscript 2000 | 161 |
Bibliography | 166 |
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About the Contributors | 185 |
The Polarizing Effects of Congressional Primaries | 95 |
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