POL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hubert Humphrey, Superdelegate
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Andrew jackson: first official candidate running with a party, martin van buren was the puppet master behind the scenes which formed the first political party, the democratic republicans. Mcgovern-fraser reforms: led the republican party to pick candidates based on the primary elections. First primary: first caucus was in iowa, coming together, talking about problems, we can find a consensus candidate to bring us together. , not really. Invisible primary: period of time before votes are cast when candidates compete for influence with party insiders and donors. Sequence and expectation matter: what happens early on sets the tone, expectations regarding performance matters. Democratization: trend towards letting the voters make decisions, rather than elites, superdelegates: intended to push the party candidate through rather than whoever is the most popular candidate. Is removing superdelegates a bad idea: they could prevent more extreme candidates from being elected by the people.
