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The Challenge of Democracy, Eighth Edition
Kenneth Janda, Northwestern University
Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University
Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University
Can You Explain Why? Questions
Chapter Nine: Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns


  1. Can you explain why political parties favor closed rather than open primaries?
    Question appears on page 268 of the text.

  2. Can you explain why convention delegates are chosen increasingly earlier in recent election years?
    Question appears on page 272 of the text.

  3. Can you explain why the presidential election is federal and not national?
    Question appears on page 277 of the text.

  4. Can you explain why Congress cannot limit what an individual spends independently on an election campaign?
    Question appears on page 285 of the text.




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