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4 - A Most Likely Case

Factional Primaries in the Tea Party Era

from Part II - Party Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2024

Mike Cowburn
Affiliation:
European University Viadrina
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Part II of the book shifts in focus from primary transformation to party transformation. This chapter tests whether primaries can change parties under the most likely conditions: Republican factional primaries in the Tea Party era. Using a difference-in-differences design, this chapter shows that in this most visible case, pressure from the reactionary Republican faction in primary elections served to reorient the party rightwards. It therefore demonstrates that, under the right circumstances, primaries can contribute to partisan polarization in Congress.

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Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
Faction and Ideology in the Twenty-First Century
, pp. 123 - 135
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • A Most Likely Case
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.006
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  • A Most Likely Case
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.006
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  • A Most Likely Case
  • Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina
  • Book: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536516.006
Available formats
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