Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology
(2015)
Journal Article
Nielson, L., & Visalvanich, N. (2017). Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology. Political Science Research and Methods, 5(2), 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2015.60
Primary elections in the United States have been under-studied in the political science literature. Using new data to estimate the ideal points of primary election candidates and constituents, we examine the link between the ideological leanings of p... Read More about Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology.