Why Iowa?: How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process

by David P. Redlawsk, Caroline J. Tolbert, Todd Donovan

Book Overview

If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. Why Iowa? offers the definitive account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work and what motivates the candidates' campaigns, to participation and turnout, as well as the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Demonstrating how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226706966
• ISBN13: 9780226706962
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"