TY - JOUR
T1 - The Crosswinds of Change
T2 - Sources of Change in the Democratic and Republican Parties
AU - Herrera, Richard
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - This paper disaggregates change among Democratic and Republican elites in the 1980s. Using data about the views of delegates to the 1980, 1984 and 1988 national party conventions, I examine the relative contributions of conversion and replacement coupled with the preference for candidates among party activists. The analysis of the effects of preferences for candi dates and the ideological positions of the delegates revealed that regardless of whether the activists are veterans or newcomers, support for particular candidates plays an important role in the shaping of the parties' aggregate ideological orientation.
AB - This paper disaggregates change among Democratic and Republican elites in the 1980s. Using data about the views of delegates to the 1980, 1984 and 1988 national party conventions, I examine the relative contributions of conversion and replacement coupled with the preference for candidates among party activists. The analysis of the effects of preferences for candi dates and the ideological positions of the delegates revealed that regardless of whether the activists are veterans or newcomers, support for particular candidates plays an important role in the shaping of the parties' aggregate ideological orientation.
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U2 - 10.1177/106591299504800204
DO - 10.1177/106591299504800204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84970515295
VL - 48
SP - 291
EP - 312
JO - Political Research Quarterly
JF - Political Research Quarterly
SN - 1065-9129
IS - 2
ER -