Grassroots Rules: How the Iowa Caucus Helps Elect American Presidents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Cess Poll: Is the Iowa Caucus a Negative Force in Presidential Politics? Chapter 2 What's a Caucus? Iowa and the Presidential Nomination System Chapter 3 Who Cares About Iowa? The Caucus' Impact on the Nomination Chapter 4 From The "Big Mo" to "e-mentum:" Technology and Early States' Emerging Impact Chapter 5 Explaining What Matters: The Ground War, or the Air War? Chapter 6 Explaining What Matters: Ideological Intrigue or Strategic Voting? Chapter 7 Predicting What Happens: Estimating the Results of the Iowa Caucus Chapter 8 Is This Heaven? Some Conclusions - and Some Beginnings Appendix A: Notes on Data and Variables Used in the Study Notes Bibliography Index