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Primary Politics : Everything You Need to Know about How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates /

The 2016 presidential primaries are on the horizon and this new edition of Elaine Kamarck's -- Primary Politics Drawing on meticulous research, interviews with key figures in both parties, and years of experience, this book explores one of the most important questions in American politics -- ho...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kamarck, Elaine Ciulla (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Édition:Second edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The good old days? : when parties controlled nominations and primaries were to be avoided at all costs
  • 2. Sequence as strategy : how Jimmy Carter "got it" and taught subsequent presidential candidates the new rules of the road
  • 3. The fight to be first : why Iowa and New Hampshire dominate presidential nominating politics
  • 4. Proportional representation : why Democrats use it and Republicans don't
  • 5. Devil in the details : how the delegate count shapes modern nominating campaigns
  • 6. Do conventions matter anymore? : superdelegates, the Robot Rule, and the modern nominating convention
  • 7. The problem of "The Decider."