The Life of the Parties : Activists in Presidential Politics /

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Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system. Have they become so concerned with ideological purity that they are unable to nominate strong candidates? Are activists loya...

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Other Authors: McGlennon, John, Abramowitz, Alan, Rapoport, Ronald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Presidents > Nomination.
Political parties.
Political conventions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Congres politiques > États-Unis.
Presidents > United States > Nomination.
Political parties > United States.
Political conventions > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system. Have they become so concerned with ideological purity that they are unable to nominate strong candidates? Are activists loyal only to particular interest groups, with little concern for the parties as institutions? Are the reformed nominating procedures open to takeover by new activists, who exit the party immediately after the presidential nominations fight? With such an unrepresentative set of activists, can parties ad.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813156408

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