POL 337 Presidential Primaries
3 hours
This course examines contemporary presidential primary elections in the United States. It focuses not just on which candidate wins individual primaries and caucuses and who leads in the delegate count, but also on how presidential nomination contests shape the two major American political parties. The course examines how different factions of the major parties use presidential nominations to jockey for influence in the party and to develop a party’s consensus on its policy positions and priorities.