Candidate Preferences, Electoral Context, and Delegate Attitudes in the 2016 Presidential Nomination

• In Event: Political Parties and Presidential Nominations

Brief Overview

By combining the 2016 Convention Delegate Study and an original dataset of the nomination electoral rules utilized by the states, we assess whether sour grapes and electoral context shape the attitudes of party activists.

Authors

• Caitlin Elizabeth Jewitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Gregory Shufeldt, Butler University