The effects of primaries on electoral performance: France and Italy in comparative perspective

Luca, Marino De; Venturino, Fulvio

doi:10.1057/s41253-016-0007-4

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“… 5. See also De Luca and Venturino (2016) for a recent discussion of the relationship between primaries and electoral performance in France and Italy. …”

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Sore losers? The costs of intra-party democracy

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Pruysers

2017

Party Politics

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Drawing upon the ‘satisfaction with democracy’ and ‘divisive primary’ literatures, this article examines how losers of intra-party elections respond to defeat and the consequences that these choices have on party organization and strength. In other words, do losers of intra-party elections continue to support the party or do they, like losers of general elections, feel less satisfied with democracy and withdraw their support (or even ‘exit’ the party)? Exploring rates of membership activism and satisfaction from a recent study of Canadian party members, this article demonstrates that losers of intra-party elections are more likely to exit the party, significantly less likely to remain active and engaged in party politics, and significantly more likely to report dissatisfaction with party membership. These findings suggest that parties must find a way of keeping losers engaged with the party.

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“… 5. See also De Luca and Venturino (2016) for a recent discussion of the relationship between primaries and electoral performance in France and Italy. …”

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Sore losers? The costs of intra-party democracy

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“…Some political parties across the globe realising the importance of wide party membership have replaced closed primary elections with core or ordinary group member participation, thus One-Member-One-Vote (OMOV) to address the challenge of nepotism, cronyism, and political patronage. This approach solidifies internal party democratic politics (De Luca & Venturino, 2017;Ramiro, 2016).…”

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“…Poor organisation of political parties has negatively affected its electoral fortunes on membership mobilisation and voter turnout, hence the adoption of internal reforms to include ordinary people in the candidate's selection process. This approach legitimises party operations and attracts more votes (Faucher, 2015;Fobih, 2011;De Luca & Venturino, 2017). Some political parties across the globe realising the importance of wide party membership have replaced closed primary elections with core or ordinary group member participation, thus One-Member-One-Vote (OMOV) to address the challenge of nepotism, cronyism, and political patronage.…”

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Party’s presidential primaries and the consolidation of democracy in Ghana’s 4th Republic

Addae

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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Democracy under any system of rule is associated with vibrant political parties and credible elections. Both are indispensable in a representative democracy. The good conduct of elections within a political party promotes and consolidates democracy. Political parties in Ghana have suffered internal conflict resulting in factions, break-away, and the formation of new parties because of undemocratic party operations especially in the conduct of primaries. This act threatens the country's attempt to consolidate its democracy. Internal party reforms are adopted to ensure democratic practices and operations. The reforms include widening the electoral base of the party in the selection of candidates, simultaneous conduction of polls across constituencies, and restriction of candidates eligible for elections. These reforms are to reduce vote-buying, intimidation, physical assault, and fierce competition to enhance legitimisation of election results and the acceptability of candidates. The paper assessed how the various reforms adopted by the two major political parties in Ghana have influenced and legitimised the conduct of presidential primaries. The paper adopted a qualitative research design through interviews and reviewed extant literature to set the theoretical basis of the study. It is realised ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Amoako Addae is an Mphil candidate at the University of Ghana, Legon with the Department of Political Science. He holds a Bachelor in Arts (BA) degree from the same University. His research interest covers elections, governance, democracy, gender and national development. This paper was based on the author's research in shaping and contributing to effective party politics in Ghana. The work examines how political parties can contribute to the consolidation of democracy in Ghana.

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“…In fact, some studies of non-European cases have found that internal competition often does not affect party electoral performance (Galderisi et al, 2001;Carty et al, 2003;Hazan and Rahat, 2010). At the same time, some Italian scholars have stated that vigorous competition can even improverather than damagethe electoral outcome of the primary winner (Seddone and Venturino, 2010;De Luca and Venturino, 2017). A spectacular horse-race, they suggest, promotes the candidate's image among the public at large, while a victory over competitive party challengers allows the winner to overcome internal factionalism, an element which may appeal to voters, who are generally allergic to intra-party divisions.…”

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Candidate selection methods and electoral performance in comparative perspective

Vicentini

2018

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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The purpose of the article is try to assess whether inclusive procedures of selection are more likely to appoint a candidate who can be competitive in the general elections compared with less inclusive ones. Accordingly, I took into account nomination processes (NPs) to select/appoint the prime ministerial/presidential candidate for general elections held in four Western European countries (France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom) over approximately the last two decades. Using an original data source and innovative indicators, I assessed the inclusiveness of each NP and the party/candidate’s performance in the following general election in order to look for a possible relation. The outcome shows a very weak negative correlation between the two variables. Thus, while it does not appear that inclusive systems of selection have a clear positive impact at the electoral level, it is likewise hard to maintain that systems such as primary elections cause electoral failure.

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The effects of primaries on electoral performance: France and Italy in comparative perspective

Cited by 14 publications

References 22 publications

Sore losers? The costs of intra-party democracy

Sore losers? The costs of intra-party democracy

Party’s presidential primaries and the consolidation of democracy in Ghana’s 4th Republic

Candidate selection methods and electoral performance in comparative perspective

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