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Making political choices : Canada and the United States / Harold D. Clarke, Allan Kornberg, and Thomas J. Scotto.
LIBRA JL193 .C53 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Harold D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections Canada--History--21st century.
- Elections Canada.
- Elections--United States--History--21st century.
- Elections.
- Voting research--Canada.
- Voting research.
- Voting research--United States.
- History.
- Canada--Politics and government--1980-.
- Canada.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Physical Description:
- 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- Recent national elections in Canada and the United States have been exciting, consequential contests. In the 2004 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party narrowly clung to power after a volatile and bitter battle with the new Conservative Party. In 2006, the Conservative Party won a fragile victory, replacing the scandal-ridden Liberal government. In the 2000 American presidential election, Republican George W. Bush became the first candidate in over 100 years to capture the presidency without a majority popular vote. Four years later, Bush finally attained a narrow popular mandate but only after a hard fought campaign. Then, in 2006, the Republicans suffered a stunning reversal of political fortune, losing control of both Houses of Congress, as public opinion turned massively against the president.
- In Making Political Choices: Canada and the United States, Harold Clarke, Allan Kornberg, and Thomas Scotto employ a wealth of new survey data to describe these elections and evaluate competing theories of party support and voter turnout. While examining various arguments, the authors contend that a valence politics model provides a powerful explanation of voting behavior in Canada, the United States, and other mature democracies.
- Contents:
- Chapter One Political Choices and Valence Politics 15
- Chapter Two Flawless Campaign, Fragile Victory: The 2006 Canadian Federal Election 37
- Chapter Three Too Close to Call: The 2004 Canadian Federal Election 67
- Chapter Four Red Voters, Blue Voters: The 2004 American Presidential Election 101
- Chapter Five Doing Politics His Way: The 2000 American Presidential Election 139
- Chapter Six A Big Blue Wave: The 2006 American Congressional Election 171
- Chapter Seven Mulroney, Reagan, and Three Big Elections 203
- Chapter Eight At the Polls? Why (Some) People Vote 243
- Chapter Nine Political Choices Reconsidered 274.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780802096746
- 0802096743
- 9781442601369
- 1442601361
- OCLC:
- 244067460
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