The Rules and Politics of American Primaries
Subtitle: A State-by-State Guide to Republican and Democratic Primaries and Caucuses
By: edited by Andrew E. Busch
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2023
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9798216010173
Subjects: Elections & referenda
Description: Provides an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and political observers who want a comprehensive picture of the past and present of the U.S. presidential nominating system across every state.  In 2020, the parties will again nominate their candidates for president. Those nominations will play out in a complicated system of federal law, state law, national party rules, state party rules, and informal norms that have developed over decades. This resource provides a roadmap for understanding the rules of the game and the ways in which they impact elections and politics across the United States.   This reference work is organized in two parts. Part I consists of a series of short thematic essays discussing topics such as what primaries and caucuses are, what the difference between open and closed primaries is, varying methods used by the parties for delegate selection, and how campaign finance works in the primaries. Part II consists of a state-by-state description of recent primary/caucus history and the methods currently used for delegate selection by Democrats and Republicans in each state.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  Part One  Foundations of the Presidential Nominating System  Chapter 1  Historical Overview Chapter 2  How Caucuses Work Chapter 3  How Primaries Work Chapter 4  Open vs. Closed Primaries Chapter 5  The Nomination Calendar Chapter 6  The Importance of Iowa, New Hampshire, and Other Early Contests Chapter 7  Candidate Debates During the Primary Season Chapter 8  Campaign Finance Chapter 9  Voting Behavior Chapter 10  Methods of Awarding Delegates Chapter 11  Delegate Selection, Rights, and Responsibilities Chapter 12  The Party Conventions Chapter 13  National Primaries and Other Proposed Reforms Chapter 14  Third-Party Presidential Nominations  Part Two  State-by-State Guide  Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming U.S. Territories and Americans Abroad American Samoa Democrats Abroad Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands  Appendix: 2020 Primary, Caucus, and National Convention Calendar  Index