Voting at the political fault line
Subtitle: California's experiment with the blanket primary
By: edited by Bruce E. Cain and Elisabeth R. Gerber
Contributors: Cain, Bruce E; Gerber, Elisabeth R., 1964-; University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Primaries -- California
Notes: "Published in association with the Institute of Governmental Studies."

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: California's blanket primary experiment / Bruce E. Cain and Elisabeth R. Gerber; title: Crossover voting before the blanket: primaries versus parties in California history / Brian J. Gaines and Wendy K. Tam Cho; title: Political reform via the initiative process: what voters think about when they change the rules / Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan; title: Context and setting: the mood of the California electorate / Mark Baldassare; title: The causes and consequences of crossover voting in the 1998 California elections / John Sides, Jonathan Cohen, and Jack Citrin; title: Should I stay or should I go? Sincere and strategic crossover voting in California assembly races / R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan Nagler; title: Peeking under the blanket: a direct look at crossover voting in the 1998 primary / Anthony M. Salvanto and Martin P. Wattenberg; title: Crossing over when it counts: how the motives of voters in blanket primaries are revealed by their actions in general elections / Thad Kousser; title: Candidates, donors, and voters in California's blanket primary elections / Wendy K. Tam Cho and Brian J. Gaines; title: Strategic voting and candidate policy positions / Elisabeth R. Gerber; title: Openness begets opportunity: minor parties and California's blanket primary / Christian Collet; title: Thinner ranks: women as candidates and California's blanket primary / Miki Caul and Katherine Tate; title: Targets of opportunity: California's blanket primary and the political representation of Latinos / Gary M. Segura and Nathan D. Woods; title: Candidate strategy, voter response, and party cohesion / John R. Petrocik; title: The blanket primary in the courts: the precedent and implications of California Democratic Party v. Jones / Nathaniel Persily; title: Strategies and rules: lessons from the 2000 presidential primary / Bruce E. Cain and Megan Mullin