Barbara Trish and William J. Menner, "Inside the Bubble: Campaigns, Caucuses, and the Future of the Presidential Nomination Process" (Routledge, 2021)

New Books in American Studies · Feb 1, 2022 · 44m

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Barbara Trish, professor of political science at Grinnell College, about her new book (co-authored with William Menner) Inside the Bubble: Campaigns, Caucuses, and the Future of the Presidential Nomination Process (Routledge, 2021). The book is a behind-the-scenes look at the 2020 Democratic nomination process focusing on the Iowa caucuses and the campaign workers who located there. For decades, Iowa held the first contest in the presidential nomination process and individuals interested in campaign work considered it a holy grail. But in 2020, a record…