The Active Minority: Continuation of Collaborative Research on the Presidential Nomination Process

本次调查将追踪1992年的提名和大选参与情况，以研究参与总统提名竞选与参与大选之间的关系。 研究人员关注的是秋季总统竞选、其他职位竞选以及政党组织的参与情况。 此外，他们将重点关注识别和跟踪政党制度的变化模式。 他们认为，总统提名是招募活动人士参与竞选和政党活动的重要途径。 这是当代提名活动的一个未被充分认识的后果，而本次调查正是为了解决这一问题。 作为一项更新调查，研究人员将继续对 1980 年选举中开始的总统提名参与者进行长期追踪。 他们重新联系了州代表大会代表小组，这可以追溯到 1980 年的提名活动。 研究人员还继续他们自 1984 年开始的 5 轮党团会议参加者小组，并重新联系了 1988 年竞选活动中的大部分 1988 年横截面样本。 此外，研究人员还从 1992 年的提名竞选中抽取了新的党团会议参加者的横截面数据。 所有样本都涉及民主党和共和党，他们在这一阶段研究中的所有接触都将在 1992 年秋季选举之后立即进行。 这项研究有望大大提高我们对提名活动在招募积极分子参与竞选和政党活动中所发挥的作用的理解。

This investigation will track participation in the nomination and general elections of 1992 in order to study the relationship between involvement in presidential nomination campaigns and participation in the general election. The researchers are concerned with participation in the fall presidential campaign, in campaigns for other offices, and in the party organizations. In addition, they will focus upon identifying and tracking patterns of change in the party system. They contend that presidential nominations are important avenues for recruiting activists into campaign and party activity. This is an underappreciated consequence of contemporary nomination campaigns, and it is one that this investigation is uniquely designed to address. As a renewal investigation, the researchers will continue the long- term tracking of presidential nomination participants they began with in the 1980 election. They recontact their panel of state convention delegates, which reaches back to the 1980 nomination campaign. The researchers also continue their 5-wave panel of caucus attenders begun in 1984, and recontact the bulk of their 1988 cross-section samples from the 1988 campaign. In addition, the researchers draw new cross-sections of caucus attenders from the 1992 nomination campaign. All samples involve both Democrats and Republicans, and all of their contacts in this phase of the study will be made immediately following the 1992 fall election. This study promises to substantially enhance our understanding of the role that nomination campaigns play in recruiting activists into campaign and political party activity.