Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES vii
4. FIGURES xi
5. PART ONE. Introduction and Background
6. 1. California’s Blanket Primary Experiment 3
7. 2. Crossover Voting before the Blanket: Primaries versus Parties in California History 12
8. 3. Political Reform via the Initiative Process: What Voters Think about When They Change the Rules 36
9. 4. Context and Setting: The Mood of the California Electorate 59
10. PART TWO. Crossover Voting
11. 5. The Causes and Consequences of Crossover Voting in the 1998 California Elections 77
12. 6. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sincere and Strategic Crossover Voting in California Assembly Races 107
13. 7. Peeking Under the Blanket: A Direct Look at Crossover Voting in the 1998 Primary 124
14. PART THREE. Effects of the Blanket Primary
15. 8. Crossing Over When It Counts: How the Motives of Voters in Blanket Primaries Are Revealed by Their Actions in General Elections 143
16. 9. Candidates, Donors, and Voters in California’s Blanket Primary Elections 171
17. 10. Strategic Voting and Candidate Policy Positions 192
18. 11. Openness Begets Opportunity: Minor Parties and California’s Blanket Primary 214
19. 12. Thinner Ranks: Women as Candidates and California’s Blanket Primary 234
20. 13. Targets of Opportunity: California’s Blanket Primary and the Political Representation of Latinos 248
21. 14. Candidate Strategy, Voter Response, and Party Cohesion 270
22. PART FOUR. Conclusions and Implications
23. 15. The Blanket Primary in the Courts: The Precedent and Implications of California Democratic Party v. Jones 303
24. 16. Strategies and Rules: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Primary 324
25. 17. Conclusion 344
26. CONTRIBUTORS 355
27. INDEX 361