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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789117303321

Autore

Whitby Kenny J. <1953->

Titolo

Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations : when and why party elites decide to support a candidate / / Kenny J. Whitby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-4921-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

324.5

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Nomination

Presidents - United States - Nomination - History - 21st century

Primaries - United States

Primaries - United States - History - 21st century

Political science - United States - Decision making

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

Introduction: party elite survival in presidential nominations -- Historical context of superdelegates -- Superdelegates in the presidential nomination process -- The invisible primary -- The primary season -- The politics of attrition -- Conclusions and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

"Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.