Horses in Midstream: U. S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Busch, Andrew E, Author.

Series:

University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections.

University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

United States. Congress.

United States. Congress--Elections.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Pittsburgh Press 1999

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Horses in Midstream breaks the mold of midterm election literature by focusing on the consequences of midterm elections rather than on the causes of the anti-administration pattern of those elections. The book concludes that the midterm pattern has two primary consequences: it stymies the President and provides an opportunity for the revitalization of the opposition party--and that numerical losses by the President's party is really only a small part of the equation. Consequently, midterm elections can be considered an additional check in the U.S. political system, acting as a mechanism that helps to assure rough two party balance.

Contents:

Midterm elections and checks and balances in the American system

State midterm elections

Midterm elections as the vanguard of change: 1. Realignment and the elections of 1894 and 1930. 2. More preparatory midterms

The calibrating elections : midterm thermidor

The dogs that did not bark : exceptions that shaped history

Normal midterms

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.

ISBN:

9780822975076

0822975076

OCLC:

1446420168