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

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

Reflecting on 2016, it might seem that the national parties have little control over how the presidential nominations unfold and who becomes their presidential

This book rejects conventional accounts of how American political parties differ from those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of the direct p

Primary elections have been used for the past century for most U.S. elective offices and their popularity is growing in other nations as well. In some circumsta