Party Decides Presidential Nominations Before and after Reform

Name: Party Decides Presidential Nominations Before and after Reform
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ISBN: 9780226112374

ISBN-10: 0226112373

ISBN-13: 9780226112374

Edition: 2008

Authors: Marty Cohen, David Karol, Hans Noel, John Zaller

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Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that-such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding-people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades,The Party Decidesshows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America7;s founding…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Outrageous Nomination of Hubert Humphrey



Whose Parties?



The Creation of New Parties



Weak Structures, Strong Parties



Last Hurrahs of the Old System


Appendix to Chapter 5: State Parties in 1952



Mastering the Postreform System


Appendix to Chapter 6: A Closer Look at the Endorsement Data



The Invisible Primary: Theory and Evidence



Anatomy of a Conversation


Appendix to Chapter 8: Models of the Invisible Primary



The Voters Weigh In


Appendix to Chapter 9: Models of Delegate Share



Political Parties Today


Notes


References


Index