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‘Divisive’ Primaries: The Important Questions

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A small, but apparently expanding, area of research in the United States has developed around the issue of whether divisive primary elections harm the general election prospects of the winners of such primaries. The subject matter is important, being of interest to students of intra-party democracy, party organization and voting behaviour. Unfortunately the research reported in major American political science journals has been directed, with one exception, towards a trivial question, at the expense of the more complex and interesting ones. The purpose of this Note is to explain why this question is not even a poor substitute for them, and to suggest the problems towards which research in this area should be directed.

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  • Ware, Alan, 1979. "‘Divisive’ Primaries: The Important Questions," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(3), pages 381-384, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:9:y:1979:i:03:p:381-384_00
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    1. Castanheira, Micael & Huck, Steffen & Leutgeb, Johannes & Schotter, Andrew, 2023. "How Trump triumphed: Multi-candidate primaries with buffoons," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

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