Category Archives: political parties

“Strategic voting in open primaries: evidence from Rush Limbaugh’s ‘operation chaos'”

September 9, 2011, 7:43 ampolitical parties, primaries, theoryRick Hasen

E. Frank Stephenson has written this article for Public Choice. Here is the abstract: Open primaries create the possibility of strategic crossover voting. On his March 3, 2008 program and subsequent broadcasts, radio personality Rush Limbaugh called on his listeners… Continue reading

“Can Two Play the Voter-Turnout Game”

September 7, 2011, 10:40 amdirect democracy, political parties, voter idRick Hasen

Tim Herdt contrasts Republican-favored voter id laws with CA Democrats’ attempts to move ballot measure elections in the state to general elections only.

The End of Campaign Finance Law: Part II

September 7, 2011, 3:35 amcampaign finance, campaigns, political partiesMichael Kang, guest-blogger

Yesterday, in my first post of this series on my forthcoming article The End of Campaign Finance Law, 98 Va. L. Rev. (2012), I argued that Citizens United’s importance rests less on its direct impact on corporate electioneering than… Continue reading

My 2000 Columbia Law Review Article on Parties and the Initiative Process Now on SSRN

September 5, 2011, 10:44 amdirect democracy, political partiesRick Hasen

When I mentioned “Parties Take the Initiative (and Vice Versa)” recently in this post, I realized that the article itself was not on SSRN. I have now posted it.

“How closed primaries further polarize our politics”

September 4, 2011, 8:31 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Mark Siegel has written this WaPo oped.

Berman-Sherman Meets Top-Two

August 31, 2011, 8:14 pmpolitical parties, redistrictingRick Hasen

This is my congressional district (assuming the lines from the Commission stand) and this should be a lot of fun to observe.

“Political Parties See Uptick in Money This Year”

August 31, 2011, 8:07 pmcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

AP reports.

“The Funding of Political Parties: Where Now?”

August 31, 2011, 6:13 pmcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

Routledge has published this comparative volume, edited by Ewing, Rowbottom, and Tham. I have a chapter on the U.S. (though it was written for London conference before C.U.) Here is the description: This book explores the problems associated with… Continue reading

“Democrats propose measures to rein in California initiative process”

August 27, 2011, 8:43 ampolitical parties, voter initiativesRick Hasen

The LA Times offers this front-page report. Back in 2000, I wrote this piece for the Columbia Law Review discussing the complex relationship of political parties to the initiative process, especially in California. More recently, Chris Elmendorf and Ethan… Continue reading

Challengers Appealing to Ninth Circuit in CA Top-Two Case

August 24, 2011, 9:00 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

That didn’t take long.

Top-Two Primary Coming to Arizona?

August 15, 2011, 8:39 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Could be.

“New primary system could shake up California politics”

August 13, 2011, 7:48 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Christopher Cadelgado has written this column for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

“Washington State Files Brief in 9th Circuit in Top-Two Case”

August 12, 2011, 1:00 pmballot access, political partiesRick Hasen

Richard Winger reports and links.

Yes, the Country is Still Polarized

August 11, 2011, 4:27 pmpolitical partiesRick Hasen

A few years ago, I asked Gary Jacobson for permission to reprint a chart measuring party polarization by using the president’s approval rating by those in the president’s party minus the president’s approval rating by those in the other party. … Continue reading