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An Evaluation Of Further Reforms In The Democratic Party'S Presidential Nomination Process

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By 1992, the party of the majority, the Democratic Party, will have been out of power for twenty years of a twenty‐four year span. Since 1968, numerous reforms in the presidential nominating process have been considered and adopted by the Democrats. These reforms have had the effect of opening the nominating process to rank‐and‐file Democrats through state primaries and participatory caucuses. While the reforms achieve this purpose, the end result is a mixed system that has been described as a disjointed hodgepodge of rules. This article presents ten criteria of a sound nomination system. Then a panel of researchers and practitioners weighs seven options for further reform against the ten criteria. Several policy options are considered by the panel as improvements over the current presidential nomination system.

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  • Edward M. Meyers, 1989. "An Evaluation Of Further Reforms In The Democratic Party'S Presidential Nomination Process," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 8(4), pages 812-830, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:8:y:1989:i:4:p:812-830
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1989.tb00997.x
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