Before the convention strategies and choices in Presidential nomination campaigns

Aldrich, John H. 1947- (Author).

Summary: Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as well as the traditional ""smoke-filled room."" Complicated federal election laws govern campaign financing. Sometimes many candidates enter and drop out of the race, while sometimes a stable two-way contest occurs: the 1976 nomination campaigns of Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford exemplified each extreme. Is it possible to propose general princ

Record details

ISBN: 9780226922447 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0226922448 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0226012697
ISBN: 9780226012698
ISBN: 0226012700
ISBN: 9780226012704
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 257 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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