From votes to victory : winning and governing the White House in the twenty-first century / edited by Meena Bose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bose, Meenekshi, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--History--21st century.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Election--2008.

Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century.

Political campaigns.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines the challenges of winning the White House and becoming president in the twenty-first century. Beginning with the resources candidates must secure to gain their party's nomination, continuing through the general election campaign, and concluding with the challenges that the victor will face upon taking office, From Votes to Victory presents cogent analysis of the path from campaign to governance. In focusing on the 2008 presidential race as a case study of twenty-first century presidential campaigns, the volume offers an early assessment of the structural changes that have reshaped presidential elections and governance in recent years. To address these questions about presidential campaigns and governance in the twenty-first century, the contributors met during a one-day symposium at Hofstra University's Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency on April 3, 2008. From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the Twenty-first Century will be of interest to students of the American presidency and presidential elections and will be a valuable resource for classroom use as well as scholarly research. Contributors to This Volume: Lara M. Brown, Villanova University Lori Cox Han, Chapman University David A. Crockett, Trinity University Diane J. Heith, St. John's University Victoria Farrar-Myers, University of Texas at Arlington Christopher A. Preble, Cato Institute John C. Fortier, American Enterprise Institute Timothy J. Ryan, University of Michigan David Greenberg, Rutgers University Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College

Contents:

Navigating presidential nominating contests

Inside parties : the politics of earning the presidential nomination / Lara M. Brown

Donors, dollars, and momentum : lessons for presidential candidates in waging a viable campaign for the nomination / Victoria A. Farrar-Myers

The virtual primary campaign : connecting with constituents in a multimedia age / Diane J. Heith

Off to the (horse) races : media coverage of the 'not-so-invisible' invisible primary of 2007 / Lori Cox Han

Winning the White House

The debate about the debates : sixty years of hopes and laments for presidential colloquies / David Greenberg

Swing states and electoral college strategy / John Fortier and Tim Ryan

The road to the White House 2000 : lessons learned for the future / Shirley Anne Warshaw

Governing in the White House

Separation anxiety : unified and divided government in layered context / David A. Crockett

Fighting a war, or managing a problem? : how presidents approach terrorism / Christopher Preble.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60344-226-X

OCLC:

923700379