Polls or Pols? The Real Driving Force Behind Presidential Nominations.
Marty Cohen and others.
- Brookings Review, 2003.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 35, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Polls or Pols? The Real Driving Force Behind Presidential Nominations, Summer 2003; pp. 36-39.
"Most regard presidential nominations as driven by momentum, money, and the luck of the state-by-state sequence of contests. Few analysts see signs of party influence." (BROOKINGS REVIEW) This article attempts to "put another nail in the coffin of the party-decline thesis by arguing that party elites have regained a large measure of control in presidential nominations."
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Nominations for office Political parties Politicians Presidential candidates Public opinion polls