Races, reforms, & policy : implications of the 2014 midterm elections / edited by Christopher J. Galdieri, Tauna S. Sisco, Jennifer C. Lucas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Galdieri, Christopher J., editor.

Sisco, Tauna S., editor.

Lucas, Jennifer C., editor.

Series:

Bliss Institute series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--United States--States.

Elections.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

United States--Congresses--Elections, 2014.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : University Of Akron Press, 2017.

Summary:

"The midterm elections of 2014 saw the culmination of long-term trends in American politics, and laid the groundwork for Republicans' successes in 2016. To what extent were the results the product of shifting partisan and demographic trends, and to what extent did policy questions drive the results? What can 2014 tell us about midterm elections generally? In this volume, leading scholars look at this election in its broad strokes, in case studies of key races, and in terms of policy questions such as immigration, health care, the environment, and election administration itself. Chapters also address the important issue of voter wait times for democratic outcomes. The authors demonstrate how the midterm elections of 2014 were in many ways typical for midterm elections, but when you dig deeper into individual races, important variation emerges"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Understanding the 2014 midterm election / Robert S. Erikson

The other Republican wave: 2014 state legislative elections / Chad Kinsella and Scott Sedmak

Florida's second congressional district: a blue dot in a field of red / Robert E. Crew, Jr., Alexandra G. Cockerham, and Edward James III

Not set in stone: nationalization and the changing face of South Dakota politics / Emily O. Wanless

The 2014 senate and 2012 presidential elections in North Carolina: a microgeographical comparison / Adam S. Myers

Scott Brown, the carpetbagger: the political rhetoric surrounding the US Senate race in New Hampshire in 2014 / Jerome J. Day, Tauna S. Sisco, and Christopher J. Galdieri

Assessing recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration on reducing long lines and wait times on election day / Terri Susan Fine and Charles Stewart III

Wait times and voter confidence: a study of the 2014 general election in Miami-Dade County / Michael C. Herron, Daniel A. Smith, Wendy Serra, and Joseph Bafumi

The Affordable Care Act and the outcome of the 2014 US Senate elections / Sean D. Foreman

Immigration reform and the 2014 midterms: the politics of executive action / Heather Silber Mohamed

The climate and carbon conservative campaign conundrum: Republicans on energy and environment in the 2014 elections / Mark J. O'Gorman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781629220703

1629220701

9781629220710

162922071X

OCLC:

1008872836