UC Berkeley Working Papers Title The incidence and importance of crossover voting in a blanket primary : Washington State Senate elections, 1986-1996 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6086x7w4 Authors Cohen, Jonathan M. Sides, John M. Publication Date 1998 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California no . U-6 THE INCIDENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF CROSSOVER VOTING IN A BLANKET PRIMARY: WASHINGTON STATE SENATE ELECTIONS 1986-1996 Jonathan M. Cohen and John M. Sides Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley Working Paper 98-6 INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT/ STUDIES LIBRARY AUG 3 i 199B IGS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN A INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY THE INCIDENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF CROSSOVER VOTING IN A BLANKET PRIMARY: WASHINGTON STATE SENATE ELECTIONS 1986-1996 Jonathan M. Cohen and John M. Sides Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley Working Paper 98-6 Working Papers published by the Institute of Govemmental Studies provide quick dissemination ofdraft reports and papers, preliminary analysis, and papers with a limited audience. The objective is to assist authors in refining their ideas by circulating research results and to stimulate discussion about public policy. Working Papers are reproduced unedited directly from the author's pages. The Incidence and Importance of Crossover Voting in a BlanketPrimary: Washington State Senate Elections 1986-1996 Jonathan M. Cohen and John M. Sides Department ofPolitical Science 210 Barrows Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720
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