Screen LibraryPrimary politics : everything you need to know about how America nominates its presidential candidates /
"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"--
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| Published: |
Brookings Institution Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2024 presidential election edition. |
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 261 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780815740490 0815740492 9780815740506 0815740506 |
| Index Number: | JK521 |
| CLC: |
D771.224 D771.221 |
| Call Number: | D771.221/K151-1 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The good old days? : when parties controlled nominations and primaries were to be avoided at all costs -- Sequence as strategy : how Jimmy Carter "got it" and taught subsequent presidential candidates the new rules of the road -- The fight to the first : Iowa, New Hampshire and more -- Proportional representation : why Democrats use it and Republicans don't -- Devil in the details : how the delegate count shapes modern nominating campaigns -- Do conventions matter anymore? : why no one could stop Trump -- The loss of peer review and what it means for democracy. |