POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Status Quo Bias, Gerrymandering, Feminist Movement
for policies that
maintain the status quo
and their economic
position.
“Invisible
Primary”/The Party
Decides
Before voters can vote,
interest groups can send
signals (endorsements and
early fundraising) on their
nominee preferences to
parties and influence the
outcomes
Cohen and Karol al et. :
candidates seek to gain the
support of party leaders and
interest groups in an intense
series of public and private
meetings; party leaders and
interest group leaders
nominate a candidate that
can best unify the party
The Invisible Primary is
when party and interest
group leaders nominate a
candidate that can best unify
their party and provide their
candidate the resources they
need to win the primary
election. This leads
candidates seeking to gain
the support of their party and
interest group leaders rather
than their constituents
(Cohen and Karol al et.)
If Fiorina’s argument
that the majority of the
American electorate are
moderate, then
invisble primaries play
a role in driving
polarization by electing
candidates whose
ideology reflects the
extremism of their party
and the interest groups
that endorse them.
Free-rider Problem
(re: interest groups)
Interest groups need to
coordinate collective action
-diffuse interest groups
override CAP: entrepreneurs
can absorb costs of
collective action and solidary
benefits (reward in being a
part of something)
Some interest groups face a
collective action problem
where members are more
likely to free-ride and not
contribute to the group’s
efforts to promote their
political agenda.
Interest groups that
don’t require the
participation of a large
number of people (thus
aren’t as affected by the
free-rider problem ) are
businesses that already
possess the financial
resources to promote
their policy oriented
agenda. This
contributes to
Schattschneider's
argument that
America’s pressure
systems have an upper
class bias that
disadvantages social
advocacy groups.
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is the
practice of drawing district
lines to establish a political
advantage for a particular
party.
Gerrymandering can
limit the influence of
marginalized groups of
racial and ethnic
minorities in being able
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Document Summary
Before voters can vote, interest groups can send signals (endorsements and early fundraising) on their nominee preferences to parties and influence the outcomes. Diffuse interest groups override cap: entrepreneurs can absorb costs of collective action and solidary benefits (reward in being a part of something) The invisible primary is when party and interest group leaders nominate a candidate that can best unify their party and provide their candidate the resources they need to win the primary election. This leads candidates seeking to gain the support of their party and interest group leaders rather than their constituents (cohen and karol al et. ) Some interest groups face a collective action problem where members are more likely to free-ride and not contribute to the group"s efforts to promote their political agenda. for policies that maintain the status quo and their economic position. If fiorina"s argument that the majority of the.
