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Nomination Processes and Policy Outcomes



Author(s): Matthew O. Jackson;Laurent Mathevet;Kyle Mattes

Source:
    Journal:Quarterly Journal of Political Science
    ISSN Print:1554-0626,  ISSN Online:1554-0634
    Publisher:Now Publishers
    Volume 2 Number 1,

Document Type: Article
Pages: 28 (67-94)
DOI: 10.1561/100.00006043

Abstract: We provide a set of new models of three different processes by which political par-ties nominate candidates for a general election: nominations by party leaders,nominations by a vote of party members, and nominations by a spending competition among potential candidates. We show that more extreme outcomes can emerge from spending competition than from nominations by votes or by party leaders, and that non-median outcomes can result via any of these processes. When voters (and potential nominees) are free to switch political parties, then median outcomes ensue when nominations are decided by a vote but not when nominations are decided by spending competition.