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The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2004

Stephen J. Wayne
Stephen J. Wayne
Affiliation:
Georgetown University
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The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations. By William G. Mayer and Andrew E. Busch. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2004. 226p. $49.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.

The authors are right, but … Front-loading has skewed the nomination process. It has given states holding early caucuses and primaries an advantage. They have more influence on the final outcome, more attention from the candidates and the news media, more economic benefit from the spending of the campaigns and the organizations that cover them, and more citizen involvement and higher voting turnout.

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BOOK REVIEWS: AMERICAN POLITICS
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 846 - 847
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© 2004 American Political Science Association

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