Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The Party Decides
Author: Marty Cohen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226112381
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book 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 nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America’s founding to control nominations as a means of getting what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates’ fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally recognized.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226112381
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book 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 nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America’s founding to control nominations as a means of getting what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates’ fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally recognized.
Nominations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Nominations of Jack C. Parnell and Richard T. Crowder
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Nominations to the Positions of Inspector General in the Departments of the Interior, Labor, and Transportation, and the Veterans' Administration
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Guidelines for Small Business Award Nominations
Nominations of David B. Swoap and Angela M. Buchanan
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Nominations of Erroll G. Southers and Daniel I. Gordon
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Nominations of Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Thomas Motley, and John Mott
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Nominations of Terrence R. Duvernay, Sr., Jean Nolan, and Lawrence Summers
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Nominations of Albert C. Hall and Elmer F. Bennett
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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