Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations : when and why party elites decide to support a candidate / Kenny J. Whitby.

Author: Whitby, Kenny J., 1953- author.

Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Descriptionxiii, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction: party elite survival in presidential nominations -- Historical context of superdelegates -- Superdelegates in the presidential nomination process -- The invisible primary -- The primary season -- The politics of attrition -- Conclusions and implications.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.

Note:"Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.

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