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Primary Election Competition

Primary Election Competition is a political science construct that refers to the strategic contest among candidates within a political party during a primary election, distinguished by its focus on intra-party voter persuasion and nomination attainment under institutionalized electoral rules.

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2017–2026

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Primary Election Systems and Representation

Elisabeth R. Gerber, R. B. Morton · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1998 · 327 citations

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Candidate Positioning in US Congressional Elections

Barry C. Burden · British Journal of Political Science · 2004 · 302 citations

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Why primaries? The party’s tradeoff between policy and valence

Gilles Serra · Journal of Theoretical Politics · 2011 · 164 citations

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Explaining Patterns of Candidate Competition in Congressional Elections

D. Roderick Kiewiet, Jeffrey S. Banks · CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) · 1989 · 164 citations

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Primary Elections and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Congress

Shigeo Hirano · Quarterly Journal of Political Science · 2010 · 148 citations · Full text

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Authors

58

  1. SH
    Shigeo Hirano

    Columbia University, United States

    5 publications · 412 citations

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  2. JM
    James M. Snyder

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 329 citations

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  3. JM
    John Mark Hansen

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 194 citations

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  4. MM
    Michael M. Ting

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  5. SA
    Stephen Ansolabehere

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 194 citations

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Institutions

47

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    538 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    524 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    297 citations

  4. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    204 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    422 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    351 citations

  7. Clark University

    Worcester, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 7 publications · 367 citations

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  2. American Politics Quarterly

    APQ · 4 publications · 84 citations

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  3. American Political Science Review

    3 publications · 159 citations

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  4. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    3 publications · 135 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 211 citations

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