Nonpartisan primary election reform : mitigating mischief

Nonpartisan primary election reform : mitigating mischief /

"Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers have tried to address this problem by changing primary election laws. A theory underlies these legal changes: the reformers tend to bel...

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Main Authors: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- (Author), Sinclair, J. Andrew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Primaries > United States.
Election law > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) > United States.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
Election law.
Polarization (Social sciences)
Political parties.
Primaries.
Right and left (Political science)
Vorwahl > Politik
Kandidatenaufstellung
Politische Reform
Polarisierung
United States.
USA.
Kalifornien
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A problem posed in Tampa
  • 2. Primary expectations
  • 3. The year and the proposition
  • 4. What happened in 2012? Legislative elections
  • 5. Primary elections and voter participation
  • 6. The voter's view
  • 7. Abandonment of weak parties
  • 8. Voter expectations for California's top-two primary
  • 9. Voting rights, representation, and the top-two primary
  • 10. Beyond the spatial model
  • 11. Conclusion.

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