Byron E. Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. His most recent book with Regina L. Wagner is
The Long War Over Party Structure: Democratic Representation and Policy Responsiveness in American Politics (2019).
Elizabeth M. Sawyer is a graduate student in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. She is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on "How the Sausage Gets Made: Constitutions, Rules and Norms in State Legislature." She also studies presidential nominations, campaign finance, and the nature of effective representation.