PROFESSORS STUDY ZEAL OF ACTIVISTS IN PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SCIENTISTS WANT TO KNOW WHAT KEEPS PARTY ACTIVISTS GOING BETWEEN CONVENTIONS.(TRIAD/STATE) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: August 7, 2000| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2000 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Every four years the country's major political parties gather for major conventions and some free time on television. A group of political scientists is trying to find out what keeps those political parties running, particularly in the South, after the balloons have dropped.

Republicans have gained power and held office in what used to be the solidly Democratic South, but that doesn't tell the whole story, said John Clark, associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University.

"The election returns will tell you what the voters think," Clark said. "The ...

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