Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain the behavior of the precinct committeemen and committeewomen of both political parties in a city of 12,000 population in the Pacific Northwest. The city can be characterized as a workingman's community in a larger metropolitan area of some 50,000 population. Close observation of the committeemen was carried on for a full year, during which period both parties underwent a process of complete reorganization in their efforts to win an important election.