• DOI:10.1017/S0022381609990065
Corpus ID: 54821565

The Roles of Party Organizations, Party-Connected Committees, and Party Allies in Elections

@article{Herrnson2009TheRO,
  title={The Roles of Party Organizations, Party-Connected Committees, and Party Allies in Elections},
  author={Paul S. Herrnson},
  journal={The Journal of Politics},
  year={2009},
  volume={71},
  pages={1207 - 1224}
}

• Paul S. Herrnson
• Published 2009
• Political Science
• The Journal of Politics

What constitutes party campaign activity in elections? The answer to this question depends on how one defines a political party. This study defines political parties as enduring multilayered coalitions. These coalitions include actors not often considered components of the party; namely, party-connected committees, consisting of party members’ personal campaign committees and leadership PACs, and party allies, consisting of interest groups that primarily support one party's candidates. The… Expand

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