The Iowa Caucuses : First Tests of Presidential Aspiration, 1972-2008

Skipper, John C.

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 212 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786440016
• DDC分類 324.2731520977709045

Full Description

Smaller in population than several U.S. cities, the state of Iowa has become an unexpected and unparalleled proving ground for would-be presidential candidates. The Iowa caucuses provide a unique brand of retail politics, on the decline in an age of multi-million dollar advertising blitzes. Potential candidates have gone to extraordinary lengths to impress Iowa's voters, dying their hair, changing their wardrobes, posing--and giving speech after speech. This book chronicles the most important events of each Iowa caucus since 1972 and reveals how the unassuming Midwestern state came to be an unlikely powerhouse in presidential politics.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

Introduction     

One—1964     

Two—1968     

Three—1972     

Four—1976     

Five—1980     

Six—1984     

Seven—1988     

Eight—1992     

Nine—1996     

Ten—2000     

Eleven—2004     

Twelve—2008     

Thirteen—The Media Influence     

Fourteen—Thirty-Six Years of High Expectations     

Appendix A: The Record Book     

Appendix B: The Participants     

Appendix C: Year by Year     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index