Before the convention : strategies and choices in Presidential nomination campaigns / John H. Aldrich.

By:

Aldrich, John H, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226922447
0226922448

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Before the convention.DDC classification:

324.5 22

LOC classification:

JK521 .A42 1980eb

Other classification:

15.85
88.11
89.57
MG 70445

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Contents:

The problem and the approach -- Who runs for the presidency and why --The institutional context and campaign resources -- The citizens' participation and choices in the nomination campaigns -- Some dynamics of campaigns -- Where candidates compete -- Competition over policy -- Conclusion and implications.

Summary: Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as well as the traditional ""smoke-filled room."" Complicated federal election laws govern campaign financing. Sometimes many candidates enter and drop out of the race, while sometimes a stable two-way contest occurs: the 1976 nomination campaigns of Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford exemplified each extreme. Is it possible to propose general princ

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as well as the traditional ""smoke-filled room."" Complicated federal election laws govern campaign financing. Sometimes many candidates enter and drop out of the race, while sometimes a stable two-way contest occurs: the 1976 nomination campaigns of Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford exemplified each extreme. Is it possible to propose general princ

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