Download or read book Claiming the Mantle written by R. Lawrence Butler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the process by which presidential nominees are selected in U.S. , describing the evolution of the presidential nomination system from its original conception of letting the voters decide to its current form in which the race is usually over before the first vote is cast.