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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458129303321

Autore

Winebrenner Hugh <1937->

Titolo

The Iowa precinct caucuses [[electronic resource] ] : the making of a media event / / Hugh Winebrenner and Dennis J. Goldford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2010

ISBN

1-58729-954-2

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

A bur oak book

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldfordDennis J. <1948->

Disciplina

324.2777/0152

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Nomination

Caucus

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Press and politics - United States

Political parties - Iowa

Electronic books.

Iowa Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; 1. The Media and American Politics: An Overview; 2. Iowa: A Political and Demographic Profile; 3. The Iowa Precinct Caucuses: The Decades of Obscurity; 4. The 1968 and 1972 Caucuses: The Emergence of a National Event; 5. The 1976 Caucuses: The Making of a Front-Runner; 6. The 1980 Caucuses: A Media Event Becomes an Institution; 7. The 1984 Caucuses: The Kickoff of a Front-Loaded Season; 8. The 1988 Caucuses: A Media Extravaganza; 9. The 1992 Caucuses: A Favorite Son Emerges; 10. The 1996 Caucuses: Back in the Limelight

11. The 2000 Caucuses: More Important than Ever12. The 2004 Caucuses: Change and Continuity; 13. The 2008 Caucuses: From Iowa to the White House; 14. Media Event or Local Event? The Caucuses in Perspective; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although some people refer to Iowa as "flyover country," presidential candidates and political reporters in the national press corps have no difficulty locating the state every four years at the beginning of presidential primary season.When Iowa Democrats pushed forward



their precinct caucuses in 1972, the Iowa caucuses became the first presidential nominating event in the nation. Politicos soon realized the impact of Iowa's new status and, along with the national media, promoted the caucuses with a vengeance. The Iowa Precinct Caucuses chronicles how the cau