Crystal Elephants and Committee Chairs

Campaign Contributions and Leadership Races in the U.S. House of Representatives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6179519
AutoresKristin Kanthak (0000-0002-8126-5670, University of Pittsburgh, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume35
Fascículo3
Páginas389-406
Data de publicação2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Politics Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532673x06298079
OpenAlexW2036020980
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas34

Researchers know very little about the quest for internal power in the U.S. House of Representatives because the leadership climb takes place largely behind closed doors. The current article attempts to shed some light on the heretofore little-known process by focusing on one aspect of this climb that actually is public: legislators' decisions to make contributions from their so-called leadership political action committees. In contrast with much of the extant literature, the data show that leadership-minded legislators carefully consider the ideological positions of potential recipients of their help when deciding how to distribute their campaign contributions. I also show that parties, when they use the right tools, can harness the ambition of leadership-minded legislators to the benefit of the party as a whole

Doors · Extant taxon · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research