Kathleen E. Kendall’s research focuses on political campaign communication, particularly in the presidential primaries and in presidential debates.
Communication Patterns in Presidential Primaries 1912–2000: Knowing the Rules of the Game
January 1, 1998
A paper by Kathleen E. Kendall, fall 1997 fellow, examines communication by candidates and the media in presidential primary elections. The presidential primaries are a twentieth century phenomenon which grew out of the late nineteenth century tradition of party primaries on the local level. They are distinctly different from general elections because they are multiple,
