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The newest installment in a quadrennial series that now spans five presidential elections, this book presents a broad overview of the presidential nomination process and showcases some of the most interesting work now being done on the politics of presidential selection. Written by leading experts, including a former presidential candidate, The Making of Presidential Candidates 2012 covers a wide selection of topics, including the Tea Party, digital media campaigns, how television covers the nomination process, election forecasting, and campaign finance. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2012 is valuable for students, specialists, and all readers with an interest in the ever-evolving presidential nomination process and American elections.

Table of Contents

1. Why Are Presidential Nomination Races So Difficult to Forecast?
Wayne P. Steger, Andrew J. Dowdle, and Randall E. Adkins
2. Financing Presidential Nominations in the Post-Public Funding Era
Anthony Corrado
3. Political Movements, Presidential Nominations, and the Tea Party
Andrew E. Busch
4. The Experience of Running for President
Michael S. Dukakis
5. MORE: Digital Media and the Densification of Presidential Campaign Discourse
Michael Cornfield
6. How Television Covers the Presidential Nomination Process
Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter
7. Theory Meets Practice: The Presidential Selection Process in the First Federal Election, 1788-89
William G. Mayer
APPENDIX By the Numbers: A Statistical Guide to the Presidential Nomination Process
Alan Silverleib and William G. Mayer

Product details

Published 16 Dec 2011
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 240
ISBN 9781442211711
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

William G. Mayer

William G. Mayer is a professor of political scien…

Anthology Editor

Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a columnist for Bloomberg Vi…

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Wayne P. Steger

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Andrew Dowdle

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Anthony Corrado

Anthony Corrado is the Charles J. Dana Professor o…

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Andrew E. Busch

Andrew E. Busch is a professor in the Howard H. Ba…

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Michael Dukakis

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Stephen J. Farnsworth

Stephen J. Farnsworth is professor of political sc…

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Alan Silverleib

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