Focused political organization can turn pivotal votes into influence.
Organizational leverage is one mechanism, not a complete explanation of national constitutional change.
Okrent describes the Anti-Saloon League concentrating on alcohol policy, supporting candidates of either party, and mobilizing church networks. Its strategy sought electoral leverage in close contests rather than requiring its members alone to form a majority.
Idea
Focused political organization can turn pivotal votes into influence.
Source reasoning
Okrent describes the Anti-Saloon League concentrating on alcohol policy, supporting candidates of either party, and mobilizing church networks. Its strategy sought electoral leverage in close contests rather than requiring its members alone to form a majority.
Boundary
Organizational leverage is one mechanism, not a complete explanation of national constitutional change.
Connections
Okrent — Focused political organization can turn pivotal votes into influence
Last Call — Political organization and fiscal conditions for Prohibition