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Primary politics : everything you need to know about how America nominates its presidential candidates / Elaine C. Kamarck.

Author/creator Kamarck, Elaine Ciulla author.
Format Book and Print
Edition2nd edition.
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Copyright Notice ©2016
Descriptionxii, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 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."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015034762
ISBN9780815727750
ISBN0815727755 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(epub ; alk. paper)
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Joyner General Stacks JK521 .K36 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold