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Campaigns and elections : issues, concepts, cases / edited by Robert P. Watson, Colton C. Campbell.
LIBRA JK2281 .C354 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- United States.
- Political campaigns--United States--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Current Issues in Campaigns
- 1 Inside the War Room: Political Consultants in Modern Campaigns / David A. Dulio 17
- 2 Campaign Pollsters and Polling: Manipulating the Voter or Taking the Electorate's Pulse? / Stephen K. Medvic 31
- 3 The Technological Evolution of Campaigns: A Look at New and Emerging Practices / Joshua M. Whitman, Joseph W. Perkins Jr. 47
- 4 Case: Incumbency and Issue Advocacy in Pennsylvania's Thirteenth District / Robin Kolodny, Sandra L. Suarez 57
- 5 Case: Violating the "Appearance Standard": A Local Campaign Controversy / Edward M. Yager Jr. 67
- Part 2 Current Issues in Elections
- 6 Partisan Politics in a Nonpartisan Society / Nicol C. Rae 83
- 7 Reforming the Reforms: Campaign Finance and Congress / Victoria A. Farrar-Myers 99
- 8 Democratic Survival in the Republican South / Matthew Corrigan 119
- 9 Case: The Contested Vote for Mississippi Governor / Donna Simmons 131
- 10 Case: Two Views of the Florida Controversy 139
- View 1 What Happened in Florida on November 7, 2000? / Jane Carroll 139
- View 2 Election 2000
- A League of Women Voters' Perspective / Joan Karp 150
- Part 3 Candidates and Voters
- 11 Women's Underrepresentation in Elective Office / Gary G. Aguiar 169
- 12 Minority Voters and Candidates: Tracking Trends / David L. Leal 183
- 13 Covering Candidates and Informing Voters: Newspaper Coverage of a Gubernatorial Election / Stephen J. Stambough, Valerie R. O'Regan 203
- 14 Case: The Maverick Campaign and Election of Jesse Ventura / Steven C. Wagner, Stephen I. Frank 221
- 15 Case: Showdown in the Empire State
- Clinton Versus Lazio / Jeffrey Kraus 229
- 16 The Congressional Elections of 2000: Tradition Meets Competition in the New Age / Robert Dewhirst, Ronald Keith Gaddie 241
- 17 The Significance of the 2000 Presidential Election: Institutional Impact and Possible Reforms / Anthony J. Eksterowicz 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1588261204
- 1588261441
- OCLC:
- 50270894
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