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Reforming the Presidential Nomination Process /

"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 per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Springer, Melanie J., Smith, Steven S., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Choosing presidential candidates / Steven S. Smith and Melanie J. Springer
  • Rules and the ideological character of primary electorates / Gerald C. Wright
  • Voter participation : records galore this time, but what about next time? / Thomas E. Patterson
  • Media, endorsements, and the 2008 primaries / Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy
  • Superdelegates : reforming the reforms revisited / William G. Mayer
  • Public opinion and systems for nominating presidential candidates / Melanie J. Springer and James L. Gibson
  • Picking presidential nominees : time for a new regime / Larry J. Sabato
  • Is this any way to pick a president? : lessons from 2008 / Thomas E. Mann
  • Presidential nomination reform : legal restraints and procedural possibilities / Daniel H. Lowenstein.