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Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential
nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome
might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This
concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that--such
unusually competitive cases notwithstanding--people, rather than
parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for
the past several decades, "The Party Decides" shows, unelected
insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates
long before citizens reached the ballot box.
Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s,
this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since
America's founding to control nominations as a means of getting
what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that
the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors
contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates'
fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various
interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries
produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying
attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and
investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally
recognized.
Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology
front and center in the discussion of party coalition change.
Treating ideology as neither a nuisance nor a given, the analysis
describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative
ideologies that form the basis of our modern political parties.
Hans Noel shows that liberalism and conservatism emerged as
important forces independent of existing political parties. These
ideologies then reshaped parties in their own image. Modern
polarization can thus be explained as the natural outcome of living
in a period, perhaps the first in our history, in which two
dominant ideologies have captured the two dominant political
parties.
Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology
front and center in the discussion of party coalition change.
Treating ideology as neither a nuisance nor a given, the analysis
describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative
ideologies that form the basis of our modern political parties.
Hans Noel shows that liberalism and conservatism emerged as
important forces independent of existing political parties. These
ideologies then reshaped parties in their own image. Modern
polarization can thus be explained as the natural outcome of living
in a period, perhaps the first in our history, in which two
dominant ideologies have captured the two dominant political
parties.
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