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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 November 2024
      14 November 2024
      ISBN:
      9781009536516
      9781009536509
      9781009536479
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 266 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 266 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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    The process through which candidates run for Congress has fundamentally changed in the twenty-first century. These new dynamics of primary competition have contributed to party transformation in Congress. Though many believe that primaries contribute to polarization, this book shows that primary voters do not systematically prefer non-centrist candidates. Instead, primaries contribute to party change by incentivizing candidates to adapt their positions between and within election cycles. Chapters identify influential groups in party networks and candidate misperceptions about primary voter preferences as key drivers of party transformation. These findings help readers to challenge common beliefs about the role of primary voters, understand the institutions, processes, and actors responsible for increasing partisan conflict on Capitol Hill, and reassess the relationship between intra-party factionalism and congressional polarization in the modern era. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the inner workings of American politics and the forces shaping our democracy today.

    Reviews

    ‘Recommended.’

    J. Heyrman Source: Choice

    ‘Cowburn’s analysis is smart and multifaceted and challenges a great deal of dogma about primaries. It is very much worth the read.’

    Seth Masket Source: Political Science Quarterly

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