Reforming the Presidential nomination process / Steven S. Smith and Melanie J. Springer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Steven S., 1953-

Springer, Melanie J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Nomination.

Presidents.

Nominations for office--United States.

Nominations for office.

Primaries--United States.

Primaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Looks at the presidential nomination process--the ways in which it is broken and how it might be fixed. Addresses the selection process: the importance--and perceived unfairness--of the earliest primaries, media coverage and public endorsements, 'superdelegates.' Evaluates public perceptions of the current process as well as possible reforms"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Choosing Presidential Candidates; Chapter 2: Rules and the Ideological Character of Primary Electorates; Chapter 3: Voter Participation: Records Galore This Time, but What about Next Time?; Chapter 4: Media, Endorsements, and the 2008 Primaries; Chapter 5: Superdelegates: Reforming the Reforms Revisited; Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Systems for Nominating Presidential Candidates; Chapter 7: Picking Presidential Nominees: Time for a New Regime; Chapter 8: Is This Any Way to Pick a President? Lessons from 2008

Chapter 9: Presidential Nomination Reform: Legal Restraints and Procedural PossibilitiesContributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612131578

9781282131576

1282131575

9780815703495

081570349X

OCLC:

503441835