ABSTRACT
The district leaders want candidates who can win and then serve creditably in office. The forty-seven are in close theoretical agreement about the qualities a public official should possess. Differences of opinion about candidential glamor also arise. Greenburgh voters have had a fair share of office seekers who are handsome, charming and sometimes even rich, which many consider a winning combination. Convention losers—or a wild card—may think it worth their time and money to collect the requisite signatures on nominating petitions that will permit them to appeal to a wider electorate in a primary. Convention supported winners may face another hurdle before the election campaign. New York Times journalist John Herbers has written that the two-party system “is little more than a hollow shell existing solely to provide the framework of nominating candidates”. Herbers are interested in how the loss of party clout affects public life.
