Whitby, Kenny J.,  1953- <br/><br/>
Strategic decision-making in presidential nominations :  when and why party elites decide to support a candidate / 
Kenny J. Whitby. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "Evaluates the how democratic presidential nominations are, using the historic race between Senators Obama and Clinton as a test case"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438449210 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--Nomination.--United States<br/>Presidents--Nomination--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Primaries--United States.<br/>Primaries--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Political science--Decision making.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK522  / .S773 2014