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Primary politics : everything you need to know about how America nominates its presidential candidates

Summary: 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 -- how we narrow the list of presidential candidates every four years.

Record details

ISBN: 0815735286
ISBN: 9780815735281
ISBN: 0815727763
ISBN: 9780815727767
ISBN: 0815727771
ISBN: 9780815727774
ISBN: 0815727755
ISBN: 9780815727750
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 220 pages)
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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."
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.