Partisan mountains and molehills: the geography of U.S. state intraparty factionalism

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dc.contributor.authorMcTague, John
dc.contributor.authorPearson-Merkowitz, Shanna
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Political Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T21:03:20Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T21:03:20Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWe examine whether the geographic distribution of a political party's electoral support affects the divisiveness of statewide primaries. In spite of V.O. Key, Jr.'s (1956) original insight that geography might be a relevant predictor of contested statewide primaries, this hypothesis has received little attention from political scientists. We test Key's hypothesis using data on gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections to identify the effects of electoral geography on the structure of competition in primary elections. We contend that dispersed bases of electoral support greatly increase the costs associated with maintaining party cohesion. Our findings support the theory that a geographically dispersed electorate heightens the potential for intraparty factionalism. These results are robust across several measures of the dependent variable.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/153244000800800102en_US
dc.format.extent23 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2oy9o-nrvv
dc.identifier.citationMcTague, John and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. 2008. "Partisan Mountains and Molehills: The Geography of U.S. State Intraparty Factionalism." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 8 (Spring): 7-31.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1532-4400
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/153244000800800102
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/34528
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesState Politics & Policy Quarterly;Volume 8, Issue 1
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectGeographic distribution
dc.subjectPolitical party support -- United States
dc.subjectKey, V. O., Jr. (Valdimer Orlando), 1908-1963
dc.titlePartisan mountains and molehills: the geography of U.S. state intraparty factionalismen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2419-1609en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-1098en_US

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