1st Edition

The Iowa Caucuses And The Presidential Nominating Process

By Peverill Squire Copyright 1990
    189 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book aims to better explain the Iowa caucuses and presents updated versions of the papers presented at a Shambaugh conference, "First in the Nation: Iowa and the Nomination Process," held at the University of Iowa, February 7-8, 1988.

    Iowa and the Nomination Process -- How Representative Are the Iowa Caucuses? -- Voter Turnout in Primary Elections -- Is Iowa News? -- After Iowa: Momentum in Presidential Primaries -- The Iowa Caucuses in a Front-Loaded System: A Few Historical Lessons -- Who Is Vulnerable to the Iowa Caucuses? -- Democracy, Media, and Presidential Primaries

    Biography

    Peverill Squire,