POLS 125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Congressional Elections: Campaign Finance
22 Mar 2020
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Party recruitment has been replaced by candidate emergence. There are few formal barriers to running for congress normally constitution, state laws and political parties themselves: almost anyone can run for congress because of the lack of formal requirements. Individuals most likely to retire from congress are senior members, members implicated in a scandal or those who have lost influence or never had it in the first place. Pulling effects of redistricting at the congressional level are sometimes accompanied by the pushing effects of the redistricting of state legislatures, county councils and other offices. Unelected politicians comprise legislative and executive aides, political appointees , state and local party officials, political consultants and individuals who have previously run for. Congress: they differ somewhat from elected officials in their perceptions of what constitutes a good time to run. They typically know the long odds of beating an incumbent and the difficulty of defeating someone who has name recognition.
