Voter turnout in US primary elections is very low. On average, only 20% of eligible
nationwide voters participate in primaries. This raises questions about whether primary …

Court curbing, proposed policy that attempts to “restrict, remove or otherwise limit” the power
of the judiciary, occurs regularly and with considerable variation throughout the US states. I …

Presidential nominations are generally perceived to be under the control of primary voters
and caucus‐goers, with party organizations themselves largely powerless to steer …

This dissertation addresses three questions: 1) how to conceptualize and operationalize
court curbing, 2) what motivates court curbing as an ex ante control mechanism of courts …

This dissertation seeks to provide solutions to the puzzle of why we see variance in
candidate selection systems at the state level across states, between parties in the same …