Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations : when and why party elites decide to support a candidate / Kenny J. Whitby.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438449210 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations : when and why party elites decide to support a candidate.DDC classification:
  • 324.5 23
LOC classification:
  • JK522 .W45 2014eb
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Contents:
Introduction: party elite survival in presidential nominations -- Historical context of superdelegates -- Superdelegates in the presidential nomination process -- The invisible primary -- The primary season -- The politics of attrition -- Conclusions and implications.
Summary: "Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: party elite survival in presidential nominations -- Historical context of superdelegates -- Superdelegates in the presidential nomination process -- The invisible primary -- The primary season -- The politics of attrition -- Conclusions and implications.

"Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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