Party activists in election campaigns

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2004

Abstract

The central task of a political party is to elect its slate of candidates to positions of power within the government. To that end, party organizations perform a variety of different activities, from registering voters and raising money to recruiting candidates and waging get-out-the-vote drives. Previous studies demonstrate that these activities have many important consequences, not the least of which is an influence on election outcomes (Cotter et al. 1984; Frendreis, Gibson, and Vertz 1990). For these reasons, a close examination of campaign efforts by parties and the factors that motivate them are important to our overall assessment of party organizations in American politics. Copyright © 2004 by The University Press of Kentucky. All rights reserved.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change, 1991-2001

First Page

171

Last Page

184

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