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Classification of Candidates' Motivations for First Seeking Office

Recent research has suggested that potential political activists must cross a political activity "threshold" that separates the majority of Americans who confine their political activity to voting from the small percentage of citizens who are politically active.' Therefore, an important variable in the study of candidate recruitment is a person's motivation for first becoming a candidate. Many motivations for crossing the political candidacy threshold have been identified.2 No previous effort has been made, however, to reduce