The Invisible Hands of Political Parties in Presidential Elections: Party Activists and Political Aggregation from 2004 to 2012 [electronic resource] /
Dowdle, A.author.
Limbocker, S.author.
Yang, S.author.
Sebold, K.author.
Stewart, P.author.
This book looks at networks of individual donors during early stages of presidential primary electons to determine party unity. It directly challenges the commonly-held perception that a "divisive" primary is a problem for the political party in the general election.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""1 Why Contested Primaries May Not Be Divisive Primaries                                                              ""; ""The paradox of why â€œdividedâ€? presidential primaries do not always lead to disaster in November                                                                                                     ""; ""â€œDivisive primariesâ€? or simply contested ones?                                                     ""; ""Outline of subsequent chapters                                     ""
""2 Refining (and Redefining) the Party                                            """"Elements within political parties                                        ""; ""Competing models of parties                                  ""; ""Constructing a theoretical framework for an activist-based party                                                                       ""; ""3 Multiple Donors and the Party as a Network                                                   ""; ""Why donors donate                        ""
""Accounting for the various donor motives                                               """"How to measure donor movement                                    ""; ""Donor patterns                     ""; ""4 Multiple Donor Networks Begin to Shed Light on the Nomination Process: The 2004 Democratic Nomination Process                                                                                                                      ""; ""Conventional measures of partisan support in the 2003 Democratic preprimary                                                                                  ""
""The 2003 Democratic multiple donor network                                                 """"Network cross checking of general election return rates                                                              ""; ""Conclusions for 2004                           ""; ""5 A Tale of Two Networks: The 2008 Nomination Process                                                            ""; ""The 2007 Democratic preprimary contest                                             ""; ""The 2007 Republican preprimary contest                                             ""
""The preprimary network of 2007                                     """"Network cross checking of general election return rates                                                              ""; ""Conclusions for 2008                           ""; ""6 A â€œNot-Romneyâ€? Explanation: The 2012 Republican Nomination Process                                                                           ""; ""Conventional measures of partisan support in the 2011 Republican preprimary                                                                                  ""
""The 2011 Republican multiple donor network                                                 ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book looks at networks of individual donors during early stages of presidential primary electons to determine party unity. It directly challenges the commonly-held perception that a "divisive" primary is a problem for the political party in the general election.
Europe-Politics and government.
Political science.
Political communication.
Public administration.
European Politics.
Political Science.
Political Communication.
Public Administration.