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Overview

New Hampshire: First in the presidential primaries, it sets the stage and affects candidates' odds of success or failure. Every four years, this small, proudly distinctive state is the center of America's political universe. Candidates' performances, especially compared to expectations, greatly influence the competition for the country's highest office. Scala explains the importance and peculiarities of New Hampshire, providing both historical context and insights into the tensions between local politics and candidates' national agendas. New Hampshire's sympathy for reformist candidates has the paradoxical effect of jumpstarting the campaigns of those candidates least representative of voters nationally with tremendous
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Overview

New Hampshire: First in the presidential primaries, it sets the stage and affects candidates' odds of success or failure. Every four years, this small, proudly distinctive state is the center of America's political universe. Candidates' performances, especially compared to expectations, greatly influence the competition for the country's highest office. Scala explains the importance and peculiarities of New Hampshire, providing both historical context and insights into the tensions between local politics and candidates' national agendas. New Hampshire's sympathy for reformist candidates has the paradoxical effect of jumpstarting the campaigns of those candidates least representative of voters nationally with tremendous implications for presidential politics. Scala explains what it takes for candidates to make the Granite State a launching pad rather than a crash landing.

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Library Journal
If anyone needs another reminder that the next presidential election cycle is upon us, this book serves that purpose well. The New Hampshire primary will be held January 27, following quickly on the Iowa caucuses of the preceding week. Scala (political science, St. Anselm Coll.) makes his debut with this volume, bridging the academic world with practical politics. It is a balanced mix, offering historical context, extensive interviews, and academic research on the electoral process. Scala argues that candidates skilled at building coalitions in the Granite State, rather than those who only mobilize a particular faction, are most likely to have success in subsequent primaries-even if they don't win first place in New Hampshire. A readable blend of narrative and data will make this necessary reading for political junkies and a popular text in political science courses. Though focusing almost exclusively on the Democratic party, this work is likely to go through future expanded editions and deserves a paperback edition. Highly recommended.-William D. Pederson, Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780230255838
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date: 12/5/2003
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition description: Revised edition
  • Sales rank: 680,932
  • File size: 669 KB

Meet the Author

Dante J. Scala is Associate Professor of politics, St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire and Fellow, The New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Ch. 1 New Hampshire and the Presidency 1
Ch. 2 Weather Patterns 35
Ch. 3 Storms from the Left: Gene McCarthy and George McGovern 73
Ch. 4 Storm from the Right: The Rise of Jimmy Carter 87
Ch. 5 The Center Holds: 1984 to 1992 99
Ch. 6 The Storm Last Time 135
Ch. 7 Stormwatchers: The Primary and the Media 167
Ch. 8 New Hampshire as a Barometer of Presidential Primary Success 193
Notes 203
Index 215

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