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 ...

Annotation This is the third in a series of books about the United States presidential nomination process and shares the same goals as its predecessors, and . Mayer (political ...

Discusses the presidential election process with eight chapters that cover such topics as how television covers the nomination process, the origins of the presidential ...

The "swing voter" occupies a cherished place in American political lore. Candidates court swing voters, consultants target them, and pundits speculate constantly on which way ...

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 ...

In this guide to the major aspects of the US presidential nominating system, a team of experts looks at the background and evolution of the process and the new rules for 2000 ...

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some ...

* NEW! Expanded analysis of the history of public opinion (Ch. 1). * NEW! Expanded coverage of the science of public opinion polling, including sampling, question wording, and ...