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National elections and the autonomy of American state party systems

Traditional theories of party organization have emphasized two-party electoral competition as the force behind party unity in state politics. V. O. Key first advanced this theory in Southern Politics, where he concluded that party factionalism in the South was mainly attributable to the one-party character of the region. But this traditional theory does not fit all states equally well.

In the states of the West, especially, parties are competitive, but political activity is centered on candidates, not parties.

The theory of candidate-centered politics allows Gimpel to explain why party factionalism has persisted in many regions of the United States in spite of fierce two-party competition. Using interviews, polling data, elections returns, and demographic information, Gimpel contends that major upheavals in the two-party balance of presidential voting may leave lower offices untouched.

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241

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National Elections and the Autonomy of American State Party Systems
1996, University of Pittsburgh Press
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National elections and the autonomy of American state party systems
1996, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.

Published in
Pittsburgh, Pa
Series
Pitt series in policy and institutional studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
324.273
Library of Congress
JK2261 .G56 1996, JK2261.G56 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 241 p. :
Number of pages
241

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL815467M
Internet Archive
nationalelection0000gimp
ISBN 10
0822939401, 0822955970
LCCN
95053044
OCLC/WorldCat
33983795
Library Thing
523163
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932215
932216

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