The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations

by Andrew E. Busch and William G. Mayer

Book Overview

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The race for the White House may seem like a marathon, but the nomination process is becoming a sprint, with the starting gun fired earlier each time. Where state primaries and caucuses were once spread out over a period of three or four months, most are now crammed into a four- or five-week interval at the very beginning of the delegate selection calendar. The compression and hastening of the nomination season are changing the nature of the presidential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815755198
• ISBN13: 9780815755197
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.5"