Super Tuesday 1988 was the first successful attempt to get several
states in one region to hold their presidential primaries on the
same day. Its success -- or lack thereof -- will affect the way
presidents are elected for many years to come. Reaching beyond
Super Tuesday and the nominations of George Bush and Michael
Dukakis, Barbara Norrander's book presents the nation's first
regional primary as the latest chapter in the ever-changing system
through which U.S. political parties choose their presidential
candidates. Norrander's research details how changes in technology,
candidate and media strategies, and historical circumstances have
influenced recent presidential nominations and how they set the
stage for the South's primary in 1988. Super Tuesday: Regional
Politics and Presidential Primaries emerges as an authoritative
source not only on Super Tuesday but on many other aspects of
presidential nominations. This book demonstrates that much of
current conventional wisdom about presidential nominations is
wrong. Norrander traces candidate strategies from 1976 to 1988 and
calculates turnout rates from 1960 to 1988. She also examines the
composition of the Super Tuesday electorate with respect both to
preconceived notions of who participates in presidential primaries
and to deliberate attempts by the Democratic and Republican parties
to manipulate voter turnout in the South's regional primary. Her
analysis of the timing and process of nomination victories from
1976 to 1988 emphasizes the importance of the overlooked role of
candidate attrition over candidate momentum. Of special interest to
political scientists -- and to political observers -- concerned
with parties, elections, and voting behavior, Norrander's book will
reshape the examination of presidential contests in 1992 and
beyond.
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