| Voting at the Political Fault Line |
| CONTENTS |
| TABLES |
| FIGURES |
| 1. Introduction and Background |
| 1. California's Blanket Primary Experiment |
| 2. Crossover Voting before the Blanket |
| 3. Political Reform via the Initiative Process |
| 4. Context and Setting |
| 2. Crossover Voting |
| 5. The Causes and Consequences of Crossover Voting in the 1998 California Elections |
| • | INTRODUCTION |
| • | CONCEPTUALIZING CROSSOVER VOTING |
| • | THE MAGNITUDE OF CROSSOVER VOTING |
| CROSSOVER VOTING IN THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN |
| THE IMPACT OF CROSSOVER VOTING ON THE PRIMARY ELECTION'S OUTCOME |
| THE MOTIVATION BEHIND CROSSOVER VOTING |
| • | THE EFFECT OF THE PRIMARY VOTE ON THE GENERAL ELECTION VOTE: DO CROSSOVERS RETURN HOME? |
| • | CONCLUSION |
| • | NOTES |
| • | REFERENCES |
| 6. Should I Stay or Should I Go? |
| 7. Peeking Under the Blanket |
| 3. Effects of the Blanket Primary |
| 8. Crossing Over When It Counts |
| 9. Candidates, Donors, and Voters in California's Blanket Primary Elections |
| 10. Strategic Voting and Candidate Policy Positions |
| 11. Openness Begets Opportunity |
| 12. Thinner Ranks |
| 13. Targets of Opportunity |
| 14. Candidate Strategy, Voter Response, and Party Cohesion |
| 4. Conclusions and Implications |
| 15. The Blanket Primary in the Courts |
| 16. Strategies and Rules |
| 17. Conclusion |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| INDEX |