Primary Elections and American Politics: The Unintended Consequences of Progressive Era Reform

by Chapman Rackaway and Joseph Romance

Book Overview

The last twenty years has seen a series of changes to American party politics: polarization, negative partisanship, decreasing voter turnout, and decreasing faith in elections and government. In Primary Elections and American Politics, Chapman Rackaway and Joseph Romance trace the origins of these and other problems to one of the most controversial reforms in American political history: the direct partisan primary election. With a comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438490585
• ISBN13: 9781438490588
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"