political party presidential nomination process 2008

, 13, 17–19, 49–50

funding, 64–66, 68, 96, 249, 249, 249, 253–254, 262–264, 320

inequality in, 48–50, 101

how it works, 180–189

participation in, 17–19

primaries, 156

reformsSee also political party national conventions, 182, 188–193

PolitiFact.com, 83, 217

Postman, Neil, 302–305, 307, 309

preferential voting

Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), 165–166, 205

Presidential Election Campaign Fund, 247, 265–266

Progressive movement, 156, 162, 181

primary elections

competition in, 58, 180–181

eliminating, 181–182

financing, 181, 232, 263–264

New Hampshire, 49, 188, 192

timing, 88, 190

turnout, 16–18, 20–21, 24, 180

use ofSee alsonational primary and nomination contest, 92, 156, 180–182

priming, 33, 177

Project for Excellence in Journalism, 103, 127, 136, 147–149, 308

public

cynicism/trust, 3, 12, 34–40, 45, 48, 59, 77, 80–82, 86, 92, 98, 104, 106, 109–112, 123, 136, 219, 286, 293, 313–315, 317, 323

public (continued)

entertainment-driven, 106–109, 124, 143, 149, 310–311, 314, 324

main source of news about politics, 85, 106–109

overburdened by political system, 46, 87–92, 95, 101, 205

political knowledge, lack of, 12, 27–34, 87, 92, 111, 116, 123, 143, 205, 301–309, 322–323

public broadcasting

audiences, 129

bias claim, 128–129, 131, 133

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), 127–129

funding, 127, 129–132, 134

governance, 127–129, 132, 134

National Public Radio (NPR), 102, 109, 121, 127–129

politics, 128–129, 131–133

Public Broadcasting System (PBS). See also British Broadcasting Corporation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and National Public Radio

public funding of campaigns

clean election laws, 258–259

Minnesota, 258–259, 266

New York City, 260

partial public funding, 259–266, 268, 324

presidential elections, 64–65, 69, 96, 144, 230, 232–233, 249, 254

proposals for, 256, 258–266, 268, 320, 327

purpose, 95, 243, 247