Board #7 - The Primary Problem: How Nomination Rules Shape America's Political Divisions

• In Event: 73-304 - Poster Session: Elections and Participation

Brief Overview

This study analyzes how open vs. closed primary systems shape U.S. Senate candidate ideology and contribute to polarization, using quantitative data across states and time to clarify conflicting findings in existing research.

Author

• Hadley Reckard, College of Wooster