The imperfect primary : oddities, biases, and strengths of U.S. Presidential nomination politics / Barbara Norrander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norrander, Barbara, 1954- author.

Series:

Controversies in electoral democracy and representation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Nomination.

Presidents.

Primaries.

United States.

Primaries--United States.

Presidents--Nomination.

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Contents:

1 Happenstance and Reforms p. 1

Presidential Nominations in the 21st Century p. 6

A Short History of Presidential Nominations p. 8

Two Early Views: Nomination by Political Elites p. 10

The Party Convention Eras p. 12

The Origins of Presidential Primaries p. 14

A Mixed System: Conventions and Primaries 1948-1968 p. 16

Moving to a Primary-Dominated System p. 18

The Primary-Dominated Era: 1972 and Forward p. 25

2 Presidential Nomination Politics at the Dawn of the 21st Century p. 30

Recent Nomination Contests p. 31

The Candidates p. 39

The (Not So) Invisible Primary p. 44

The Two-Tiered Nomination Process p. 58

Changing Technology, Changing Campaign Strategies p. 68

Third-Party Nominations p. 70

Nomination Controversies p. 71

3 Is This a Fair Way to Select a Presidential Nominee? p. 76

Who Votes in the Primaries? p. 78

Who Should Vote in Primaries? p. 81

Are Caucuses Fair? p. 83

Concerns over Convention Delegate Selection p. 86

Super delegates p. 92

Winning Votes versus Winning Pledged Delegates p. 95

Has Campaign Finance Become Less Fair? p. 99

Is Media Coverage Biased? p. 103

The Goody Bad, and Ugly of Social Media p. 106

Do Debates Play Too Big of a Role? p. 107

A Hodgepodge of Rules and Procedures p. 109

4 The Nomination Calendar: Problems and Imperfect Solutions p. 117

The Accidental Calendar, Part 1: Iowa and New Hampshire Come First p. 118

The Accidental Calendar, Fart 2: The Perils of Front-Loading p. 120

Regional Primary Plans p. 122

Grouping States by Population Size; The Delaware Plan p. 125

One-Day National Primary p. 128

Alternative Mechanisms for Counting the Votes in a National Primary p. 129

Convention-Centered Plans p. 135

Pathways to Reform p. 136

Predicting the Consequences of Reform p. 139

The Piecemeal Approach: Recent National Party Attempts to Control the Election Calendar p. 140

5 Connections to the General Election p. 147

Are Primaries Divisive? p. 148

The "Spring Season" of the Fall Campaign p. 150

The Advantages of an Unchallenged Incumbent President p. 152

Primary Reform and Electoral College Reform p. 153

Reform Proposals: Modifying the Electoral College p. 159

Compounding Effects of a Switch to the National Popular Vote p. 160

6 Oddities, Biases, and Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics p. 166

Oddities in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics p. 167

Biases in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics p. 168

Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics p. 172

Nominating Presidents in a System with Oddities, Biases, and Strengths p. 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Norrander, Barbara, 1954- author. Imperfect primary

ISBN:

9780367274931

0367274930

9780367274948

0367274949

OCLC:

1096233654