The party decides
Subtitle: presidential nominations before and after reform
By: Marty Cohen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Cohen, Marty.
Series: Chicago studies in American politics
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780226112367; 9780226112374
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Nomination; Primaries -- United States; Political parties -- United States
Description: Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that--such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding--people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades, The Party Decides shows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominatio.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.