Congressional Primaries and the Politics of Representation

by Galderisi, Peter F.; Ezra, Marni; Lyons, Michael; Rice, Tom; Maisel, L Sandy; Stone, Walter J.; Goodliffe, Jay; Magleby, David B.; Green, John C.; Burden, Barry C.; Kanthak, Kristin; Morton, Rebecca; Grofman, Bernard; Brunell, Thomas L.; Gerber, Elisabeth

• ISBN13: 9780742507678
• ISBN10: 074250767X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Tom Rice
Acknowledgments	ix
Part One: The Study of Congressional Primaries
Introduction: Nomination Politics and Congressional Representation	3	(8)
Peter F. Galderisi
Marni Ezra
Michael Lyons
Congressional Primaries in Historical and Theoretical Context	11	(18)
Peter F. Galderisi
Marni Ezra
Part Two: Nomination Players, Politics, and Outcomes
Primary Elections as a Deterrence to Candidacy for the U.S. House of Represetatives	29	(19)
L. Sandy Maisel
Walter J. Stone
The Benefits and Burdens of Congressional Primary Elections	48	(14)
Marni Ezra
Campaign Finance in U.S. House Primary and General Elections	62	(15)
Jay Goodliffe
David B. Magleby
Elections and Amateurs: The Christian Right in the 1998 Congressional Compaigns	77	(18)
John C. Green
Part Three: The Politics of Representation---Primaries and Polarization
The Polarizing Effects of Congressional Primaries	95	(21)
Barry C. Burden
The Effects of Electoral Rules on Congressional Primaries	116	(16)
Kristin Kanthak
Rebecca Morton
Explaining the Ideological Differences between the Two U.S. Senators Elected from the Same State: An Institutional Effects Model	132	(11)
Bernard Grofman
Thomas L. Brunell
California's Experience with the Blanket Primary	143	(18)
Elisabeth R. Gerber
Postscript 2000	161	(5)
Bibliography	166	(15)
Index	181	(4)
About the Contributors	185