McGovern–Fraser reforms

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The McGovern–Fraser reforms were a series of changes to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process in the early 1970s that greatly expanded the role of primaries and caucuses and increased transparency and participation by ordinary voters.

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instanceOf United States electoral reform ⓘ
set of political reforms ⓘ
appliesFromElection 1972 Democratic presidential nomination ⓘ
appliesTo Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
appliesToProcess Democratic Party presidential caucuses ⓘ
linked to: Democratic caucuses

Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
cause 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ⓘ
perceived lack of democracy in 1968 nomination process ⓘ
commissionChair George McGovern ⓘ
commissionCoChair Donald M. Fraser ⓘ
commissionName Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork electoral systems ⓘ
party politics ⓘ
follows 1968 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
hasEffect changed campaign strategies for presidential candidates ⓘ
encouraged use of binding presidential primaries ⓘ
expanded role of caucuses ⓘ
expanded role of primaries ⓘ
increased importance of fundraising for primary campaigns ⓘ
increased importance of media coverage in primaries ⓘ
increased number of state presidential primaries ⓘ
increased participation by ordinary voters ⓘ
increased proportional representation in delegate allocation ⓘ
increased representation of minorities in delegations ⓘ
increased representation of women in delegations ⓘ
increased transparency in delegate selection ⓘ
lengthened presidential nomination campaigns ⓘ
limited use of party caucuses controlled by party elites ⓘ
reduced power of party leaders in nominations ⓘ
reduced use of winner-take-all delegate allocation in Democratic contests ⓘ
required demographic representation goals for delegations ⓘ
required openness of party meetings ⓘ
required timely public notice of delegate selection procedures ⓘ
shifted nomination power toward rank-and-file voters ⓘ
standardized delegate selection rules ⓘ
weakened influence of state party bosses ⓘ
hasPart guidelines on demographic representation ⓘ
new rules for delegate selection ⓘ
requirements for open meetings ⓘ
requirements for publicized rules and procedures ⓘ
timelines for delegate selection ⓘ
implementedIn early 1970s ⓘ
inception 1969 ⓘ
influenced Republican Party presidential nomination reforms ⓘ
modern primary-dominated nomination system in the United States ⓘ
mainSubject presidential nomination process ⓘ
namedAfter Donald M. Fraser ⓘ
George McGovern ⓘ

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The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform → addresses → McGovern–Fraser reforms ⓘ