Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations
Subtitle: when and why party elites decide to support a candidate
By: Kenny J. Whitby
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781438449197
Subjects: Presidents; Nomination; History; Primaries; Political science; Decision making
Description: "Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: party elite survival in presidential nominations; title: Historical context of superdelegates; title: Superdelegates in the presidential nomination process; title: The invisible primary; title: The primary season; title: The politics of attrition; title: Conclusions and implications.