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Article: Political consultants and the extension of party goals.(A Slate of Candidates, A Recession of Economists, An Advice of Consultants)
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- PS: Political Science & Politics
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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Political consultants are seen as influential actors in American politics who may effect policy long after their service on an election has concluded. Many observers of the consulting industry (see, for example, Shea 1996; Sabato 1981) have suggested that the use of political consultants has been especially bad for political parties, contributing to their decline. Proponents of the party decline thesis maintain that consultants weaken parties by giving candidates independent support bases for conducting their campaigns, creating a campaign climate where individual candidates take the voting public's focus away from party platforms. But consultants have become prominent ...
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