The New Hampshire Primary And The American Electoral Process - Softcover

Palmer, Niall; Niall A. Palmer Brunel University, London

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813337771 ISBN 13: 9780813337777

Publisher: Perseus, 1999

Synopsis

New Hampshire is the subject of Palmer's book precisely because it serves as the first presidential primary every four years. Many critics of the New Hampshire primary fault it for being too arcane, too unrepresentative, and too quixotic to use as a gatekeeper of who becomes President. Palmer went to new Hampshire expecting to gather research that argued against New Hampshire as first primary. As he finished he realized his findings pointed out the opposite, that in fact and deed, New Hampshire was as good a place to start the primary races as any other. No single state is representative. The retail politics that aspirants face in New Hampshire is a very useful winnowing device in which a candidate must actually come face to face with real voters, who more often than not make a study of the issues and policies that they raise in their questions.

About this title

Book Description:

This study examines the peculiar role and history of the New Hampshire primary in American presidential politics, through the 1996 election season. The work reviews the primary's history, analyzes the media's treatment of New Hampshire's results, discusses clashes between state and national Democratic parties, and provides a study of the phenomenon of momentum, and the role played by local media such as the infamous Manchester Union Leader.

About the Author:

Niall Palmer

About this edition

• Publisher: Perseus
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0813337771
• ISBN 13: 9780813337777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216