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Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics History_Gift_Guide The Washington Post)Polsby and Wildavskys classic text, now updated by Stephen Schier and David Hopkins, argues that the institutional rules of the presidential nomination and election processes, in combination with the behavior of the mass electorate, structure the strategic choices faced by politicians in powerful and foreseeable ways. We can make sense of the decisions made by different political actorsincumbents, challengers, Democrats, Republicans, consultants,