Why did the United States develop political parties? How and why do party alignments
change? Are the party-centered elections of the past better for democratic politics than the …

What do Madonna, Confucius, and Jackie Robinson have in common? What does it take to
go down in history as a great political leader? Why do revolutions occur, riots break out, and …

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for
anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the …

Each of the past few election cycles has featured at least one instance of" primarying," a
challenge to an incumbent on the grounds that he or she is not sufficiently partisan. For …

Using data from an exit poll, this paper tests three models of voter decision making in a
presidential primary: a simple candidate preference model, a bandwagon model, and an …

The relationship between populism and democracy is contested among scholars. While
some propose that populism is inherently harmful for democracy because it is anti-pluralist …

Our theory studies why and when political parties choose to hold competitive primary
elections. Party leaders can decide the nomination by granting resources and endorsements …

We present a model of party competition that produces more realistic patterns of results than
those often emphasized in the literature. Reversing Downs (1957), we assume that parties …

In contests for the presidential nominations from the Democratic and Republican parties in
the United States, the duration of candidacies determines both the winning candidate (ie, the …

While conventional wisdom holds that the first delegate selection events in Iowa and New
Hampshire are important influences on the outcome of the presidential selection process …