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Meaningful participation and the evolution of the reformed pres / Atkeson, Lonna Rae; Maestas, Cherie D

Maestas, Cherie D	Journal Article
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2009.

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Forty years ago, violent protests at the Democratic National Convention captured the attention of the nation as rioters vented their anger over a nomination process they felt excluded their voices. The disastrous 1968 convention spawned a cascade of reforms in the presidential nomination system, many of which were intended to create greater opportunity for meaningful participation of the party's rank-and-file members. Forty years later, where do we stand? Does the nomination process meet the goals of encouraging broad participation and connecting rank-and-file preferences to nomination outcomes? We offer some tentative answers to these questions by tracing the history of the nomination process, its evolution over the last 40 years, and the implications of several key changes in the system for citizen participation.

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Citizen participation ; Presidential Nominating System ; Presidential Election - History ; Meaningful Participation

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Partisan Affiliation in Political Science: Insights from Florida and North Carolina / Atkeson, Lonna Rae

Atkeson, Lonna Rae	Journal Article
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Political Science ; Partisan Affiliation ; Florida and North Carolina

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Presidential primary turnout 1972–2016 / Atkeson, Lonna Rae

Atkeson, Lonna Rae	Journal Article
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We explore the implications of sequential presidential primary elections for turnout in selecting the presidential party nominees. Drawing from a micro-level theory of participation in sequential elections, we develop a set of aggregate-level hypotheses that tease out different ways that candidate mobilization efforts as well as the legal and institutional structures within a sequential contest influence turnout in presidential nomination contests. Using data from all state primary elections from 1972–2016, we find that electorates facing winnowed candidate pools, and those with contests after the effective endings to presidential contests have substantially reduced turnout that effectively disenfranchises voters in many states. Sequenced primary elections lead to lower overall turnout and less meaningful participation for many voters during presidential nominations contests.

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Presidential Primary Turnout ; 1972–2016

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