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The Demise of the American Convention System, 1880-1911 (Paperback)
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The Demise of the American Convention System, 1880-1911 (Paperback)
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During the nineteenth century American political parties selected
their candidates for elective offices in conventions. Around 1910
most states established a system of direct primaries whereby the
voters selected their parties' nominees for public office. This
book examines the transition from the indirect to the direct
primary, as well as its implications for American politics. It
offers a systematic analysis of the convention system in four
states (New Jersey, Michigan, Colorado and California) and the
legislative history of the regulation of political parties during
the Progressive Era. It argues that the major political parties
themselves were chiefly responsible for doing away with the
nominating convention. Candidates played a pivotal role in
inaugurating the new nominating system as they became more open and
aggressive in pursuit of their parties' nominations. The convention
system was never designed to withstand the pressures exerted on it
by a more competitive nominating process.
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