When the Wrong Candidate Wins: Legitimacy, Institutional Evolution and Conflict in Presidential Elections 1960-2020

• In Event: JSS 13
  In JSS Session: Presidents and Executive Politics: Junior Scholar Symposium

Brief Overview

This paper examines the historical and theoretical foundations to the paradox of the 2016 presidential primaries, "when the wrong candidates win" in an increasingly democratic system.

Authors

• Elizabeth Sawyer, University of Wisconsin Madison

• Michael E. Promisel, University of Wisconsin-Madison