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Politics of the Primary: How Electoral Institutions Affect Voters and Candidates
Sat, August 31, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Hilton, HolmeadSession Submission Type: Full Paper Panel
Session Description
This panel examines the role of primary elections in the United States with an emphasis on variations in rules and systems and how that affects elite and voter behavior. Each paper argues that candidate and voter behavior in both the primary and general election stages are affected by the primary election. Candidate platforms and candidates strategies are examined; as is voting behavior in response to primary and election choices. The role of gender, accountability, ideology, and other factors are also considered across the papers. The papers use experimental, observational, or survey data.
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Individual Presentations
How Voters Select Candidates: The Top-two Primary Shapes General Elections - R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology; Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St Louis
The Politics of the Top-two Primary: Ideology Against Accountability - Christian R. Grose, University of Southern California; John Andrew Sinclair, Claremont McKenna College
Candidate Platforms and Rhetoric in the 2018 Congressional Primaries - Rachel Porter; Sarah A. Treul, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Consequences of Top-two Primaries for Women Candidates and Voters - Katelyn E. Stauffer, University of South Carolina; Colin Andrew Fisk, Indiana University