The 1992 election was an election that was full of surprises and events that still invoke people’s interest. However, in all that excitement the 1992 election is also a representation of the issues that the U.S. election process contains. Robert D. Loevy in “The Flawed Path to the Presidency 1992: Unfairness and Inequality in the Presidential Selection Process” outlines the 1992 election, in order to identify the issues with the United States’ election process and to introduce solutions for those problems.
The book begins by describing the accomplishments of George Bush and Bill Clinton within their respective parties before the 1992 election. It also introduces the other people who were competing with Bush and Clinton during the primaries. …show more content…
The first issue is the order of the states during the primaries and how this order affects the election. Loevy argues that the order of the state primaries matter, and that when small population states have their primaries on the same days as populous states, they are largely ignored by the media and by the candidates. For example, in the 1992 election, there were multiple state primaries being held on March 3rd and the sates all ranged in population size. There were three large sates Colorado, Maryland and Georgia and multiple small sates, including Utah that had their primaries on that day. However, the candidates and the media paid most of their attention to Maryland, Colorado, and Georgia, due to their significant number of delegates and large population, meanwhile they ignored a small state like Utah because it had a smaller number of delegates. In addition to this issue, populous states that have their primaries early in the season have more of a say in who becomes the democratic/republican presidential candidate, because they influence the voting of people in the states that follow. The author, after indicating that these issues exist, offers a way to fix these concerns. He describes a shorter primary season that is spread out so that candidates can have time to focus and properly campaign in all the states. It also …show more content…
Loevy describes the 1992 election in order to identify multiple issues in the election process and presents solutions for those issues. The book is quite informative and the author succeeds in being able to present the issues of the U.S. election process and the possible solution to those issue, without deviating from the 1992 election and instead uses the election as evidence. The book allows the reader to gather insight not only about the 1992 election, but about the election process in general, allowing them to become more informed citizens and
The book begins by describing the accomplishments of George Bush and Bill Clinton within their respective parties before the 1992 election. It also introduces the other people who were competing with Bush and Clinton during the primaries. …show more content…
The first issue is the order of the states during the primaries and how this order affects the election. Loevy argues that the order of the state primaries matter, and that when small population states have their primaries on the same days as populous states, they are largely ignored by the media and by the candidates. For example, in the 1992 election, there were multiple state primaries being held on March 3rd and the sates all ranged in population size. There were three large sates Colorado, Maryland and Georgia and multiple small sates, including Utah that had their primaries on that day. However, the candidates and the media paid most of their attention to Maryland, Colorado, and Georgia, due to their significant number of delegates and large population, meanwhile they ignored a small state like Utah because it had a smaller number of delegates. In addition to this issue, populous states that have their primaries early in the season have more of a say in who becomes the democratic/republican presidential candidate, because they influence the voting of people in the states that follow. The author, after indicating that these issues exist, offers a way to fix these concerns. He describes a shorter primary season that is spread out so that candidates can have time to focus and properly campaign in all the states. It also …show more content…
Loevy describes the 1992 election in order to identify multiple issues in the election process and presents solutions for those issues. The book is quite informative and the author succeeds in being able to present the issues of the U.S. election process and the possible solution to those issue, without deviating from the 1992 election and instead uses the election as evidence. The book allows the reader to gather insight not only about the 1992 election, but about the election process in general, allowing them to become more informed citizens and