The Invisible Primary and the 1996 Presidential Nomination
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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1995.16.0.385-401Abstract
The 1996 presidential nominations process will not begin with the first state primaries and caucuses. By January 1996 the candidates had already spent millions of dollars and thousands of days campaigning during the "invisible primary." The 1996 nominations race features several new practices— such as the front-loading of delegate-selection events, and the reemergence of Washington insiders as the early GOP leaders. For the first time since 1964 the Democrat Party did not face a spirited nominations race. This article reviews the prenomination season for the 1996 presidential race with evidence available by early January 1996.References
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