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Party Decides Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform - Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform

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Informationen zum Autor Marty Cohen is assistant professor of political science at James Madison University. David Karol is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Hans Noel is assistant professor of government at Georgetown University. John Zaller is professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that-such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding-people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades, The Party Decides shows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America's founding to control nominations as a means of getting what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates' fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally recognized. Zusammenfassung Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination! politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This book shows that for several decades! unelected insiders in both major parties effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. ...

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Authors Marty Cohen, Marty Karol Cohen, Marty/ Karol Cohen, COHEN MARTY KAROL DAVID NOEL HA, David Karol, Hans Noel, John Zaller
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.10.2008
 
EAN 9780226112374
ISBN 978-0-226-11237-4
No. of pages 416
Dimensions 146 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
Series Chicago Studies in American Politics
Chicago Studies in American Politics
Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP)
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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