POLITICAL-CULTURE AND THE PARTISAN STYLE OF STATE PARTY ACTIVISTS

Daniel J. Elazar's classification of political subcultures is used to explain cross-state variation in the partisan style of political parry activists. It is hypothesized that parry activists are more ideologic ally purist in moralistic states and more pragmatic in individualistic states. A survey of the partisan style of state party-committee membe rs in twenty states supports this hypothesis. Although the majority of committee members tends toward the purist model of party activism, ac tivists in the moralistic states are significantly more purist than th eir counterparts in the individualistic states.