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

By: Whitby, Kenny J, 1953-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 resourceISBN: 9781438449210Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- Nomination | Presidents -- United States -- Nomination -- History -- 21st century | Primaries -- United States | Primaries -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Political science -- United States -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books.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 LOC classification: JK522 | .W45 2014Online resources: Click to View
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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