| Autor: |
Rogowski, Jon C., Langella, Stephanie |
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American Politics Research; Sep2015, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p846-871, 26p |
| Abstrakt: |
The nomination of ideologically extreme candidates in party primaries has led many scholars and observers to speculate about the role played by different kinds of primary systems. Models of candidate competition that account for the two-stage nature of the electoral process suggest that more restrictive primary systems produce more ideologically extreme candidates. In contrast with previous research that examines the relationship between primaries and legislative ideology, we focus on how primary systems affect the ideological extremity of candidates’ campaign platforms. Using data on more than 85,000 major party candidates for Congress and state legislatures from 1980-2012, we find no evidence that the restrictiveness of primary participation rules is systematically associated with candidate ideology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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