A reexamination of congressional primary turnout

Using original data and ordinary least squares regression analysis, this ar ticle examines primary turnout for elections to the House of Representative s in 1992 and 1994. These data are compared to earlier estimates of primary turnout that used a substitute measure. The author finds that the previous measure biased regression coefficients, inaccurately estimating the impact of political party and overestimating the influence of some variables whil e failing to capture the effects of others. Future research ought to rely o n the new measure, used here, because substantive conclusions drawn from an alyses that use the old measure are in jeopardy.