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Reforming the Presidential Primary System: The Voter Turnout Initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2012

Heather Frederick
Heather Frederick
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Slippery Rock University
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Abstract

This article examines the presidential nomination process and proposes reform that includes shortening the primary calendar and ordering the states by voter turnout in the previous presidential general election.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 51 - 57
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012

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