“The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform”
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“The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform” is a political science book that argues party elites play a decisive role in selecting U.S. presidential nominees, even in the era of primaries and reforms.
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Target entity: “The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform” Context triple: [Princeton Studies in American Politics, notableWorkPublishedInSeries, “The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform”]
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Target entity: “The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform” Target entity description: “The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform” is a political science book that argues party elites play a decisive role in selecting U.S. presidential nominees, even in the era of primaries and reforms.
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A.
Sixth Party System in United States politics
The Sixth Party System in United States politics is a proposed era of partisan realignment, beginning in the late 20th century, characterized by intensified ideological polarization, shifting regional bases of the major parties, and the solidification of the modern Democratic–Republican divide.
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B.
Fifth Party System in United States politics
The Fifth Party System in United States politics refers to the era of Democratic Party dominance and New Deal coalition politics that reshaped American government and party alignments from the 1930s through the mid-20th century.
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C.
The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
"The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members" is an essay in The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, that defends and explains the constitutional authority of Congress over the regulation of congressional elections.
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D.
Essay on the Ballot
Essay on the Ballot is a political treatise by philosopher and economist James Mill that argues for the use of secret voting as a means to protect voters’ independence and promote representative government.
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E.
On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms
"On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms" is a 19th-century treatise by Sir George Cornewall Lewis that critically examines the meanings and misapplications of key concepts in political language and discourse.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political science book ⓘ |
| addresses | McGovern–Fraser reforms ⓘ |
| argument | informal party networks coordinate on preferred candidates before voters participate in primaries and caucuses ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | invisible primary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | theory that parties are coalitions of interest groups and activists ⓘ |
| author |
David Karol
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Hans Noel ⓘ John Zaller ⓘ Marty Cohen ⓘ |
| claims | party insiders often reach consensus on a nominee before most primary votes are cast ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| discipline | political science ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
endorsements by party leaders
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role of activists ⓘ role of elected officials ⓘ role of interest groups ⓘ |
| field |
American politics
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electoral studies ⓘ party politics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Democratic Party presidential nominations
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Republican Party presidential nominations ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| influencedDebateOn | extent of voter versus elite control in presidential nominations ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
analysts of U.S. elections
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scholars of American politics ⓘ students of political science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainThesis | party elites play a decisive role in selecting U.S. presidential nominees ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Chicago Press ⓘ |
| subject |
American political parties
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U.S. presidential elections ⓘ nomination reforms ⓘ party elites ⓘ presidential nominations ⓘ primary elections ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | party network theory ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
post-1968 nomination reform era
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pre-reform era of presidential nominations ⓘ |
| uses |
historical case studies of nomination contests
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quantitative analysis of endorsements and nomination outcomes ⓘ |
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