Maintaining a Political Party

Providing and Withdrawing Party Campaign Funds

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6314577
AutoresJeffrey M Stonecash (0000-0002-8196-4500), Sara E Keith
Ano1996
Volume2
Fascículo3
Páginas313-328
Data de publicação1996-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068896002003002
OpenAlexW2038789103
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas13

Legislative campaign committees have come to play a significant role in some US states. They raise large sums of money and have the potential to play a dominant role in individual races. They also have the potential to shape party fortunes, depending on how well they use these funds. The question is: are they able to discipline themselves to use the resources effectively? To be effective, parties must be able to limit their spending to close races, and to use their funds to support non-incumbents who may become future party members. Parties must also be able to withdraw funds from incumbents as margins of victory shift. This analysis assesses how New York legislative campaign committees distribute their money and whether they are able to withdraw funds in subsequent elections from incumbents who do not need them. The years 1984-90 are analyzed

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