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

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	"Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Presidents -- United States -- Nomination.
	Presidents.
	United States.
	Presidents -- United States -- Nomination -- History -- 21st century.
	History.
Chronological Term	21st century
Subject	Primaries -- United States.
	Primaries.
	Primaries -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
	Political science -- United States -- Decision making.
	Political science.
	Decision making.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Whitby, Kenny J., 1953- author. Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations 9781438449197 (DLC) 2013002449 (OCoLC)841556654
ISBN	9781438449210 (electronic book)
	1438449216 (electronic book)
	9781438449197
	1438449194