Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of

What determines the interests, ideologies, and alliances that make up political parties? In its entire history, the United States has had only a handful of part

Demonstrates how party elites influence candidate decisions and shape the outcomes of primary elections for House and Senate.

Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology front and center in the discussion of party coalition change. Treating ideology as neither a

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