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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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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."