Selecting the president
Subtitle: from 1789 to 1996.
Contributors: Congressional Quarterly, inc.
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.; Presidents -- United States -- Nomination.; Campaign finance -- United States.
Description: Selecting the President: From 1789 to 1996 explores all important aspects of the presidential selection process: the candidate's decision to enter the presidential race, campaign strategy and fund-raising, primaries and caucuses, national party conventions, the general election campaign, and the electoral college.

The volume also looks at the transition period when presidents-elect assemble their White House staffs and contains detailed historical summaries of each presidential election from George Washington's first electoral victory in 1789 to Bill Clinton's second in 1996.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.