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Campaigning to the Median Voter or Mobilizing the Base? The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms [AKA: "Gimme All Your Planks, or I'll Take These Voters Elsewhere"] |
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Downs predicts that presidential candidates will positions their platforms at the median. What
does this mean for party platforms? Are we to expect them to be placed at the median as well, or
farther toward the poles, in order to pander to party loyalists? We investigate these questions
theoretically, formally, and empirically, and argue that parties view interest groups as a means to
mobilize voters, while interest groups view parties and their platforms as a means to articulate
interests. A formal theoretical model derives the conditions under which parties would choose to
diverge from the median and articulate an interest groups position in its platform, and an
empirical analysis further shows that parties give platform concessions to ideologues positioned
away from the median, to groups that offer a credible threat of exit to the opposition party, and to
groups that can credibly claim to mobilize voters. Both models account for a groups ability to
mobilize voters, including size, party loyalty, and ideology. Data are derived from content
analysis of Democratic Party platforms and platform hearing testimony from interest groups in
1996, 2000, and 2004. Results show that interest groups can capture parties and their platforms
and mold the platform to reflect their views. Parties are compliant because they rely on groups
to help turn out voters. |
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Name: Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Yannitell Reinhardt, Gina. and Victor, Jennifer. "Campaigning to the Median Voter or Mobilizing the Base? The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms [AKA: "Gimme All Your Planks, or I'll Take These Voters Elsewhere"]" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 02, 2009 <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361788_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| Yannitell Reinhardt, G. and Victor, J. N. , 2009-04-02 "Campaigning to the Median Voter or Mobilizing the Base? The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms [AKA: "Gimme All Your Planks, or I'll Take These Voters Elsewhere"]" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361788_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Downs predicts that presidential candidates will positions their platforms at the median. What
does this mean for party platforms? Are we to expect them to be placed at the median as well, or
farther toward the poles, in order to pander to party loyalists? We investigate these questions
theoretically, formally, and empirically, and argue that parties view interest groups as a means to
mobilize voters, while interest groups view parties and their platforms as a means to articulate
interests. A formal theoretical model derives the conditions under which parties would choose to
diverge from the median and articulate an interest groups position in its platform, and an
empirical analysis further shows that parties give platform concessions to ideologues positioned
away from the median, to groups that offer a credible threat of exit to the opposition party, and to
groups that can credibly claim to mobilize voters. Both models account for a groups ability to
mobilize voters, including size, party loyalty, and ideology. Data are derived from content
analysis of Democratic Party platforms and platform hearing testimony from interest groups in
1996, 2000, and 2004. Results show that interest groups can capture parties and their platforms
and mold the platform to reflect their views. Parties are compliant because they rely on groups
to help turn out voters. |
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| “Gimme All Your Planks or I’ll Take These Voters Elsewhere” Campaigning to the Median Voter or Mobilizing the Base? The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms Gina Yannitell Reinhardt Texas A&M University Jennifer Nicoll Victor University of Pittsburgh1 Prepared for the 67th Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association Chicago Illinois April 2-5 2009 Overview We use a game theoretic model to explain the conditions under which political parties will incorporate interest group positions onto |
| 8 ! 4 " # ! + # Figure 12 Lowess Smoother Graphs examining the ideological distance versus threat of exit by year 42 Figure 13 Lowess Smoother for Testimony Distance and Mission Statement Distance--all years Figure 14 Lowess Smoother for Testimony Distance and Mission Statement Distance--by year |
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