Seth E. Masket
University of Denver
59 Papers
313 Citations
Seth E. Masket is an academic researcher from University of Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polarization (politics) & Primary election. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 57 publications.
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Papers
A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics
TL;DR: The authors propose a theory of political parties in which interest groups and activists are the key actors, and coalitions of groups develop common agendas and screen candidates for party nominations based on loyalty to their agendas.
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No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures
Seth E. Masket
- 21 Apr 2009
TL;DR: Masket argues that politicians are not inherently partisan, but instead, partisanship is thrust upon them by actors outside the government with the power to manipulate primary elections as discussed by the authors, which is not true.
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Partisan Webs: Information Exchange and Party Networks
TL;DR: The authors measured a portion of this network in the United States systematically by tracking lists of names transferred between political organizations, revealing two distinct and polarized networks, which correspond to a more liberal Democratic group and a more conservative Republican group.
A Primary Cause of Partisanship? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology
TL;DR: This paper found that the openness of a primary election has little, if any, effect on the extremism of the politicians it produces, and showed that the openness of primary elections has little influence on the extremists it produces.
One Vote out of Step? The Effects of Salient Roll Call Votes in the 2010 Election
TL;DR: The authors investigated the relationship between controversial roll call votes and support for Democratic incumbents in the 2010 midterm elections and found that supporters of health care reform paid a significant price at the polls.
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