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3 - Mechanisms

Why Have Primaries Changed?

from Part I - Primary Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2024

Mike Cowburn
Affiliation:
European University Viadrina
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This chapter identifies why the descriptive changes observed in Chapter 2 took place. To answer this question, it proposes a model of structural change being responded to by the key actors during the nomination process. These structural changes are grouped into three categories: changing electoral incentives, new regulatory reforms, and technological developments. These changes elicited responses from actors within the party network in terms of organizational structure and electoral strategy, by candidates in terms of whether and how they ran for office, and among voters in terms of their participation and motivation in nationalized congressional primaries.

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Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
Faction and Ideology in the Twenty-First Century
, pp. 72 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Mechanisms
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.004
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  • Mechanisms
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.004
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  • Mechanisms
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.004
Available formats
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