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Primaries on Demand? Intra-Party Politics and Nominations in Ghana

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  • Ichino, Nahomi
  • Nathan, Noah L.

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In new democracies, why do political party leaders relinquish power over nominations and allow legislative candidates to be selected by primary elections? Where the legislature is weak and politics is clientelistic, democratization of candidate selection is driven by local party members seeking benefits from primary contestants. Analysis of an original dataset on legislative nominations and political interference by party leaders for the 2004 and 2008 elections in Ghana shows that primaries are more common where nominations attract more aspirants and where the party is more likely to win, counter to predictions in the existing literature. Moreover, the analysis shows that party leaders interfere in primaries in a pattern consistent with anticipation of party members’ reactions.

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  • Ichino, Nahomi & Nathan, Noah L., 2012. "Primaries on Demand? Intra-Party Politics and Nominations in Ghana," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 42(4), pages 769-791, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:42:y:2012:i:04:p:769-791_00
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