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

这项调查将跟踪提名的参与情况， 1992年大选，以研究 在参与总统提名竞选和 参加大选。 研究人员正在 关于参加秋季总统竞选， 竞选其他职位和党组织。 在 此外，他们还将重点关注识别和跟踪模式 政党制度的变革。 他们认为， 提名是招募活动家进入 竞选和政党活动。 这是一个被低估的 这是当代提名活动的结果，也是一个 这个调查就是为了解决这个问题 作为一项更新调查，研究人员将继续长期- 对总统候选人提名参与者的任期跟踪， 在1980年的选举中。 他们重新联系了州议会 大会代表，这可以追溯到1980年的提名 运动中 研究人员还继续他们的5波面板， 1984年开始参加党团会议，并重新接触他们的大部分成员。 1988年活动的1988个横截面样本。 此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 研究人员绘制了新的党团会议参加者的横截面， 1992年的提名活动。 所有样本都涉及民主党和 和共和党人，以及他们在这个阶段的所有联系人， 在一九九二年秋季选举后，便会立即进行研究。 这项研究有望大大增强我们对 提名活动在招募活动家方面所起的作用 投入竞选和政党活动

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.