Abstract
It has been nearly two centuries since an American presidential election has evoked a crisis of confidence like that following the election of 2016. Not since the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 has there been such a public display of anxiety concerning the methods by which we choose our chief executive. As in the contest of 1828 pitting the Democrat Jackson against his Federalist opponent John Quincy Adams, the presidential nominating process of 2016 produced a contest between a celebrity populist, widely seen as unqualified by experience or temperament, and a highly experienced and competent but deeply uninspiring political insider who had been anointed by establishment elites.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Best Candidate |
| Subtitle of host publication | Presidential Nomination in Polarized Times |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 10-35 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108883870 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108835398 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- democracy
- democratic theory
- election
- electorate
- nomination
- party
- president
- presidential
- primary
- primary election
- selectorate
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