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Imperfect Primary: Oddities, Biases, and Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics 3rd edition [Kietas viršelis]

3.43/5 (14 ratings by Goodreads)
(University of Arizona, USA)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 202 pages, aukštis x plotis: 229x152 mm, weight: 430 g, 5 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Jul-2019
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0367274930
  • ISBN-13: 9780367274931
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Imperfect Primary: Oddities, Biases, and Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics 3rd editionDidesnis paveikslėlis
  • Formatas: Hardback, 202 pages, aukštis x plotis: 229x152 mm, weight: 430 g, 5 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Jul-2019
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0367274930
  • ISBN-13: 9780367274931
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Raktažodžiai:
The complex and ever-changing rules governing American presidential nomination contests are continuously up for criticism, but there is little to no consensus on exactly what the problems are or on how to fix them. The evolving system is hardly rational because it was never carefully planned. So, how are we to make sense of the myriad complexities in the primary process and how it affects the general election and calls for change?

In this thoroughly updated third edition of The Imperfect Primary, political scientist Barbara Norrander explores how presidential candidates are nominated and how that process bridges to the general election campaign; discusses past and current proposals for reform; and examines the possibility for more practical, incremental changes to the electoral rules. Norrander reminds us to be careful what we wish for reforming the presidential nomination process is as complex as the current system. Through the modeling of empirical research to demonstrate how questions of biases can be systematically addressed, students can better see the advantages, disadvantages, and potential for unintended consequences in a whole host of reform proposals.

New to the Third Edition











Fully updated through the 2016 elections with an eye toward 2020.





Tracks the changing role of key primary features, including superdelegates, political action committees, debates, rule changes, open and closed primaries, caucuses, and the electoral calendar.





Includes new discussions of the impact of multicandidate contests and "The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Social Media."





Continues the discussion of Electoral College challenges and reforms.

Recenzijos

"Barbara Norranders new edition of The Imperfect Primary confirms the books status as the first place to look for anyone wanting to understand the complex and often arcane process used to nominate American presidential candidates. It provides a lucid, thorough, and concise account of the systems origins, current configuration, and strengths and weaknesses as a way of selecting national leaders. This new edition will serve as an authoritative guide for students and others who want to follow the action heading into the 2020 election." Gary Jacobson, University of CaliforniaSan Diego

"Barbara Norranders updated edition of The Imperfect Primary is an eminently readable and authoritative book on the presidential nomination process. The Imperfect Primary is an excellent book for the politically engaged reader as well as for the reader looking for a place to begin to understand the process by which the major political parties select their presidential nominees. The book takes readers through a concise history of the evolution of the process, the kinds of candidates who run, the signaling that goes on among party elites and aligned groups, how money and media influence the campaign, as well as astutely covering how the rules and the primary calendar affect candidates and the selection of the eventual nominee. The Imperfect Primary frames these topics as problems to be solved with discussion of the pros and cons of aspects of the process. It serves as an authoritative resource for students and is framed in a way that is excellent for generating discussion as we approach the 2020 nomination cycle." Wayne Steger, DePaul University

"Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." CHOICE

List of Figures
x
List of Tables
xi
Preface xii
1 Happenstance and Reforms
1(29)
Presidential Nominations in the 21st Century
6(2)
A Short History of Presidential Nominations
8(2)
Two Early Views: Nomination by Political Elites
10(2)
The Party Convention Eras
12(2)
The Origins of Presidential Primaries
14(2)
A Mixed System: Conventions and Primaries 1948-1968
16(2)
Moving to a Primary-Dominated System
18(7)
The Primary-Dominated Era: 1972 and Forward
25(5)
2 Presidential Nomination Politics at the Dawn of the 21st Century
30(1)
Recent Nomination Contests
31(8)
The Candidates
39(5)
The (Not So) Invisible Primary
44(14)
The Two-Tiered Nomination Process
58(10)
Changing Technology, Changing Campaign Strategies
68(2)
Third-Party Nominations
70(1)
Nomination Controversies
71(5)
3 Is This a Fair Way to Select a Presidential Nominee?
76(2)
Who Votes in the Primaries?
78(3)
Who Should Vote in Primaries?
81(2)
Are Caucuses Fair?
83(3)
Concerns over Convention Delegate Selection
86(6)
Superdelegates
92(3)
Winning Votes versus Winning Pledged Delegates
95(4)
Has Campaign Finance Become Less Fair?
99(4)
Is Media Coverage Biased?
103(3)
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Social Media
106(1)
Do Debates Play Too Big of a Role?
107(2)
A Hodgepodge of Rules and Procedures
109(8)
4 The Nomination Calendar: Problems and Imperfect Solutions
117(1)
The Accidental Calendar, Part 1: Iowa and New Hampshire Come First
118(2)
The Accidental Calendar, Part 2: The Perils of Front-Loading
120(2)
Regional Primary Plans
122(3)
Grouping States by Population Size: The Delaware Plan
125(3)
One-Day National Primary
128(1)
Alternative Mechanisms for Counting the Votes in a National Primary
129(6)
Convention-Centered Plans
135(1)
Pathways to Reform
136(3)
Predicting the Consequences of Reform
139(1)
The Piecemeal Approach: Recent National Party Attempts to Control the Election Calendar
140(7)
5 Connections to the General Election
147(19)
Are Primaries Divisive?
148(2)
The "Spring Season" of the Fall Campaign
150(2)
The Advantages of an Unchallenged Incumbent President
152(1)
Primary Reform and Electoral College Reform
153(6)
Reform Proposals: Modifying the Electoral College
159(1)
Compounding Effects of a Switch to the National Popular Vote
160(6)
6 Oddities, Biases, and Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics
166(11)
Oddities in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics
167(1)
Biases in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics
168(4)
Strengths of U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics
172(2)
Nominating Presidents in a System with Oddities, Biases, and Strengths
174(3)
Bibliography 177(20)
Index 197
Barbara Norrander is a professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She has been writing about presidential nominations since the 1980s.