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• Primaries [Browse]
• Elections—United States [Browse]

Summary note

The American system of partisan primary elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate is often blamed for contributing to political polarization and conflict in Congress.These concerns have increased in recent decades, as both parties have at times failed to nominate candidates who would have broad general election appeal.

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Contents

• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Authors
• The Editors
• The Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott
• Preface
• National Advisor Board Co-Chairs, National Institute for Civil Discourse
• Bibliography
• Robert Boatright and Richard Barton
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• A Brief History of Primaries, Primary Reform, and Primary Election Research
• Contemporary Primary Elections
• Primary Voters
• Primary Candidates
• Political Parties
• Alternatives to Partisan Primaries
• Outline of the Book
• Closing Thoughts
• References
• Part I: Contemporary Primary Elections
• Richard Barton and Carlo Macomber
• Chapter 2 How Distinct are Primary Voters? Insights from the 2024 Primary Election Survey
• What We Know About Primary Voters
• Data and Methods
• The Distribution of Policy Preferences Across Electorates
• Defining Concepts Beyond Ideology
• Operationalization and Analysis of Non-ideological Measures
• What is Driving the Divide in Liberal Democratic Attitudes?
• Primary Reform and Electorate Policy Preferences
• Conclusion
• Zachary Albert and Raymond La Raja
• Chapter 3 Who Votes in Primaries and What Are Their Attitudes Toward Compromise?
• Primary Electorates
• Expectations about Who Votes in Primaries
• Primary Voters' Attitudes Toward Compromise
• Opposition to Compromise Among Primary Voters: Ideology and Status Threat
• Comparing Primary Voters and Non-voters in the Two Samples
• What are the Predictors of Primary Turnout?
• What Predicts Opposition to Compromise?
• Discussion and Conclusion
• Appendix
• Caitlin E. Jewitt and Sarah Treul
• Chapter 4 The Influence of Presidential Primary Elections on Congressional Primary Turnout
• Variation in Congressional Primary Timing.
• The Effect of Concurrent Presidential Primaries on Turnout
• Congressional Primary Turnout
• Mike Cowburn and Marius Sältzer
• Chapter 5 Candidate Characteristics in Primary Elections: An Analysis of U.S. House Candidates in 2024
• Candidate Characteristics in Primaries
• Data
• A Description of Primary Candidates
• Qualitative Case Studies
• Hayley M. Cohen
• Chapter 6 Running Scared in the Primary: Campaign Behavior of Safe Incumbents in a Partisan Era
• The Puzzle
• Theory and Method
• Results
• Projecting Strength Quarterly
• Before the Candidacy Filing Deadline
• Republicans Run Scared More than Democrats
• Challengers' Candidacy Announcement Timing
• Alternative Explanations
• Running to Beat Challengers
• Donors' Decisions to Give
• Clout within the Party
• Part II: The Effects of Primary Reform
• Glenn Wright, Benjamin Reilly, and David Lublin
• Chapter 7 Electoral Reform and Political Polarization: The Case of Alaska
• Alaska's Politics and Election Reforms
• Statewide races in 2022
• 2022 State Legislative Elections
• Giessel vs. Holland
• Babcock vs. Bjorkman
• Coalition Politics Under Top-4/RCV
• Testing the Effects of Reform
• Candidate Ideology
• Issue Positions
• Elections in 2024
• Ryan D. Williamson and Ceili Fallon
• Chapter 8 Re-evaluating the Effects of the Top Four System in Alaska
• How did the Top-4 Primary Change State Legislative Elections in Alaska?
• Top-4 and Competitiveness
• Top-4 and the Political Establishment
• Top-4 and Candidate Positioning
• Top-4 and Turnout
• Discussion and Conclusions
• Jeremy Gelman, Evan Pritsos, and Benjamin Reilly.
• Chapter 9 The Consequences of a Top-5/RCV System in Nevada: Advantaging Moderates but Sidelining Third Parties?
• What we Know about Ranked Choice Voting and Nonpartisan Primaries
• Nevada Politics
• Research Design
• Hypothetical Top-5/RCV Elections
• Simulating Elections
• Primary Election
• General Election
• Crossover Voting
• Why Nevada's Top-5/RCV Initiative Failed in 2024
• Discussion
• Jesse M. Crosson
• Chapter 10 An Affirmative Case for the Top-2 Primary
• Effectiveness: The Top-2 Meets its Aims
• The Top-2 Encourages More Moderate Winners
• The Top-2 Encourages Primary Election Participation
• A Radical Effect Without Radical Change
• Operational Practicality: the Top-2 and the Reality of Voting and Candidate Emergence
• The Top-2 Leverages Habitual Voting
• The Top-2 Makes Reasonable Assumptions about Candidate Emergence
• Political Feasibility: The Top-2 is Not Known as a "Progressive" Reform
• Conclusions
• Part III: Future Directions and Alternative Reforms
• Hans Noel
• Chapter 11 Politics is a Team Sport: Electoral Reform and Political Parties
• Politics Relies on Parties
• Governing Relies on Parties
• Voters Rely on Parties
• Some Voters Vote on Policy or Ideology
• Some Voters Vote on Character or other Traits
• Some Voters Vote in Response to Economic Growth or other Fundamentals
• Parties Struggle to Meet Expectations
• The Role of Primaries in Party Democracy
• Party-hostile Reforms
• Non-partisan Primaries
• Ranked-choice Voting
• Open Primaries
• Party-compatible Reforms
• Campaign Finance Reform
• Multi-member Districts
• Multiparty Democracy
• Fusion Voting
• Michael J. Ritter and Caroline J. Tolbert.
• Chapter 12 The Effects of Mail Voting, County Election Administration, and Accessible Primary Rules on Midterm Primary Voter Turnout
• Primary Laws in the U.S.: A Gradual Turn to More Accessibility
• Primary Laws and Moderating Factors
• Moderating Impacts of Mail Voting and County Election Administration
• Expectations on Impacts of More Accessible Primary Rules on Voter Turnout
• The Substantive Impacts of Accessible Voting in Midterm Primary Elections
• How Do More Accessible Election Rules and Election Administration Impact Midterm Primary Election Turnout among Republicans, Independents, and Democrats?
• Deb Otis and Rachel Hutchinson
• Chapter 13 Optimizing Nonpartisan Primaries with Ranked Choice Voting and Proportional Representation
• The Promises and Pitfalls of Nonpartisan Primaries
• Improving Nonpartisan Primaries with Ranked Choice Voting: The Top-4/5 Model
• Optimizing the Top-4/5 Model
• Toward Comprehensive Reform: Nonpartisan Primaries and Proportional Representation
• Derek Monson
• Chapter 14 A Constitutional Perspective on American Elections
• The Problem of Faction
• The People and Elections: The Ultimate Check on Faction
• Applying First Principles to Elections
• Edward B. Foley
• Chapter 15 Holding a Round-robin Tournament Among All the Candidates: Optimizing Round One of a Two-round Electoral System
• Why Have a State-run Primary? The Significance of "Sore Loser" Laws
• Elections as Tournaments
• Structuring a Round-robin Tournament to Identify the Top Two Candidates
• Imagining Ohio's 2024 U.S. Senate Election as a Round-robin Tournament
• Conclusion: Moving Forward With This Reform
• Robert G. Boatright and Caroline J. Tolbert.
• Chapter 16 What Would a National Primary Day Look Like, and How Would we Get There?
• The Brief History of the National Primary Day Idea
• Consequences of a National Primary Day
• Effects on Turnout and Representation
• Secondary Effects of a Single-day Primary
• How A National Primary Day Might be Established
• Index.

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ISBN

3-11-166170-9

OCLC

1561172470

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