The Presidential Primary and Caucus Schedule: A Role for Federal Regulation?
In: Yale law & [and] policy review, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 331-398
ISSN: 0740-8048
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In: Yale law & [and] policy review, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 331-398
ISSN: 0740-8048
In: Choosing a Leader, S. 167-172
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 279-294
ISSN: 0360-4918
CHARACTER CLUES RELEVANT TO PREDICTING PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE ARE OBSERVABLE AT EVERY STAGE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. LEADING CONTENDERS FOR THE 1988 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS EXHIBITED PERSONALITY FEATURES WHICH DISADVANTAGED THEIR CANDIDACIES AND WOULD ALSO HAVE ENDANGERED THEIR PRESIDENCIES. AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, GEORGE BUSH AND MICHAEL DUKAKIS OFFERED GLIMPSES OF THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PERSONALITIES THROUGH THEIR VICE PRESIDENTIAL SELECTIONS AND ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES. WHEN THE TWO FACED EACH OTHER DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUSH DISPLAYED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND APPEARED MORE CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING SUCCESSFULLY IN IT. OVERALL, THE 1988 CAMPAIGN SUGGESTS HOW THE PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION SYSTEM CAN AND DOES PRODUCE VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR ASSESSING CANDIDATES' QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.