The invisible primary / Emmett H. Buell, Jr. -- Forecasting presidential nominations / William G. Mayer -- Presidential nomination activists and political representation : a vies from the active minority studies / James A. McCann -- Caucuses : how they work, what difference they make / William G. Mayer -- The southern super Tuesday : Southern Democrats seeking relief from rising Republicanism / Charles D. Hadley and Harold W. Stanley -- Press treatment of front-runners / Michael G. Hagen -- The changing environment of presidential campaign finance / Anthony Corrado -- The Christian Right in the presidential campaign process / Duane M. Oldfield -- Third-party and independent candidates : how they get on the ballot, how they get nominated / Emmet T. Flood and William G. Mayer -- Does party reform have a future? / Andrew E. Busch and James W. Ceaser.