Based on original analysis from leading experts on presidential elections, Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024 describes all of the systematic aspects of the nomination campaign today: party rules, fundraising, media attention, voter coalitions, prospects for female candidates, and more. The contributors carefully consider the nature of modern political parties and the ways that expanded parties affect the dynamics of the campaign. The analysis is current up to the 2020 election. The only authoritative book on the all-important nominating process, Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024 will be valuable for college courses at all levels as well as practitioners and political junkies who want to understand the fundamental forces that shape nomination campaigns in the modern era.
Jonathan Bernstein is a columnist for Bloomberg View. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999, and was previously an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research is in political parties, the presidency, and democracy He was co-editor of The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2012. Casey B. K. Dominguez is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2005. Her research specialties are congressional elections, political parties, and the presidency.
Chapter 1. How Voters Choose Candidates in Presidential Primaries by John Sides, Chris Tausanovitch, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck Chapter 2. Nevada mattered and other stories of party influence and contingency from the 2020 cycle by Jonathan Bernstein Chapter 3. Weak parties, strong partisanship by Julia R. Azari Chapter 4. Polling in Presidential Primaries: What We've Seen, and What We Can Expect by Natalie Jackson Chapter 5. Iowa Dethroned: Diversifying the 2024 Democratic Nomination Calendar by Caitlin Jewitt Chapter 6. The South Carolina Presidential Primary: The New Colossus in the Presidential Nomination Process by William G. Mayer Chapter 7. How Gender Shapes Presidential Primary Campaigns and Elections by Meredith Conroy and Ciera Hammond Chapter 8. Where are the Candidates Visiting? Exploring Electioneering in the Nominating Contests by Jay Wendland
