Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees, 1956-1993

by Philip A. Klinkner

Book Overview

How do Democratic and Republican party leaders react after their party has lost a presidential election? Is there a pattern of response to defeat that reflects the distinctive cultures of the two parties? This book answers these questions by examining how the two national party organizations have responded to presidential election defeats between 1956 and 1993.

Drawing on party documents, interviews with party officials, and contemporary accounts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300060084
• ISBN13: 9780300060089
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"