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The process of nominating and electing a president is a spectacle that never fails to engage and excite millions of Americans\u0026#8212;and rarely fails to enrage us, as well.\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Enduring Controversies in Presidential Nominating Politics\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt; retraces the more than two hundred-year history of presidential elections in the United States to provide a primer on how the process has evolved from the days of the founders, through the heyday of nominating conventions, to today\u0026#39;s overwhelming interest in early primaries.Original essays by the editors introduce, critique, and occasionally even refute a wide variety of historical readings including Alexander Hamilton\u0026#39;s defense of election procedures, excerpts of individual states\u0026#39; nominations of candidates in 1824, an overview of the impact television has had on nominating conventions, and calls for a national rotating primary scheme in 2004. As a whole, the collection reveals the common threads that run through the history of the nominating process, and points out that today\u0026#39;s litany of complaints is not at all new. |
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