When the Party Doesn't Decide: Why Some Elected Officials Decline to Endorse in Presidential Primaries

• In Event: Understanding Intra- and Inter-Party Cooperation

Brief Overview

This paper looks at why in open presidential nominating contests a large proportion of prominent elected officials decline to issue an endorsement of any single candidate instead of trying to influence the identity of the eventual nominee.

Author

• Jade Burt, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor