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Getting primaried : the changing politics of congressional primary challenges /

Each of the past few election cycles has featured at least one instance of "primarying," a challenge to an incumbent on the grounds that he or she is not sufficiently partisan. For many observers, such races signify an increasingly polarized electorate and an increasing threat to moderates...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boatright, Robert G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:Legislative politics & policy making.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : an epidemic of "primarying"?
  • Congressional primary challenges : a brief history and a theoretical explanation
  • When and why congressional primary challenges happen
  • The financing of congressional primary challenges
  • The consequences of congressional primary challenges
  • Interest groups and congressional primaries
  • Conclusions.