Primary politics : how presidential candidates have shaped the modern nominating system / Elaine C. Kamarck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamarck, Elaine C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Nomination.

Presidents.

United States.

Presidential candidates--United States.

Presidential candidates.

Physical Description:

xii, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Explores one of the most important questions in American politics--how we narrow the list of presidential candidates every four years. Focuses on how presidential candidates have sought to alter the rules in their favor and how their failures and successes have led to even more change"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The good old days? When parties controlled nominations and primaries were to be avoided at all costs

Sequence as strategy: how Jimmy Carter "got it" and taught subsequent presidential candidates the new rules of the road

The fight to be first: why Iowa and New Hampshire dominate presidential nominating politics

Proportional representation: why Democrats use it and Republicans don't

Devil in the details: how the delegate count shapes modern nominating campaigns

Do conventions matter any more? Superdelegates, the robot rule, and the modern nominating convention

The problem of "the decider".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815702917

0815702914

9780815702924

0815702922

OCLC:

294886458