The Divided Democrats: Ideological Unity, Party Reform, and Presidential Elections, <i>by William G. Mayer</i>

Abstract

* Introduction: Party Unity and Presidential Elections * Do Democratic Rules Make the Nomination Process More Divisive? The Divisive Primary Revisited * Ideological Cohesion in the American Party System * Ideological Cohesion over Time: The Origin and Evolution of the Party Coalitions * Group Appeals and the Democratic Coalition * The Politics of Democratic Disunity