Abstract
This article explores the multidimensionality of the motivations that underlie partisan political activity, and the relationship between political motives and political ideology among activists. Using data from questionnaires submitted by over 3,300 California party activists over a 25-year period, it shows not only how motivational analysis may illuminate the basis of intraparty ideological conflict but also how that conflict is mitigated. More specifically, it indicates that while ideological differences between ambition-motivated and issue-motivated activists may be acute, focusing exclusively on those differences may distract us from the organizationally salutary fact that activists' motivations are more variegated and complex than that.
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