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Political Parties and Primaries in Kentucky (Paperback)
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This is a study of Kentucky political parties: how they are
organized and how they nominate and elect candidates. Because state
politics in Kentucky is dominated by the Democratic Party, a major
portion of the study is devoted to the Democratic primary
candidates, campaign techniques, funding, of elections, and voting
patterns. As in other slates, campaign techniques in Kentucky are
changing. During the 1950s and 1960s the Democratic Party had two
dominant factions, and candidates for statewide office sought
factional allies among local party organizations. Now factional
alignments have disappeared, and candidates for statewide office
build campaign organizations from thousands of active party
workers. The characteristics, motivations, and allegiances of these
party activists form one major focus of this book. Another focus is
television, which has assumed ever greater importance in statewide
primary campaigns. Because it is expensive, candidates who are
wealthy or can raise large sums for television advertising enter
the primaries with a substantial advantage, and those who use that
medium most effectively are most likely to win. Two wealthy
candidates who proved to be talented campaigners in person and on
television were nominated by the Democrats in 1987: Wallace
Wilkinson in the gubernatorial race and Brereton Jones in the race
for lieutenant governor. The book features case studies of these
two campaigns, which in many ways typify modern primary elections
in Kentucky. Finally, since the 1950s, the Republican Party has
been highly successful in campaigns for national office in Kentucky
but has been unable to elect a governor since 1967. This study
provides some answers to two questions: What is wrong with the
Republican Party in Kentucky? And why are so many Kentuckians
voting Republican in national races and Democratic in state races?
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