Presidential elections [electronic resource] : strategies and structures of American politics / Nelson W. Polsby [and others].
- Published:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2012
- Edition:
- 13th ed.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages)
- Additional Creators:
- Polsby, Nelson W.
Access Online
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT -- 1.Voters -- Why People Don't Vote -- Why People Do Vote: A Theory of Social Connectedness -- Party Identification as Social Identity -- Parties as Aggregates of Loyal Voters -- Ideologies, Candidates, and Issues in the Minds of Voters -- Changes in Party Identification: Social Habit versus Contemporary Evaluation -- A Central Strategic Problem: The Attentiveness of Voters -- 2.Groups -- The Presidential Vote as an Aggregation of Interest Groups -- Variations among Interest Groups -- "Special" Interests and Public Interest Groups -- Political Parties as Organizations -- Third Parties -- 3.Rules And Resources -- Rules: The Electoral College -- Thinking about Resources -- Resources: Money -- The Beverly Hills Primary -- Campaign Money in the Prenomination Period -- Raising and Spending Money in the General Election -- Does Money Buy Elections? -- Campaign Finance Reform -- Resources: Control over Information -- Newspapers -- Television -- The Internet and Other New Media -- Incumbency as a Resource: The Presidency -- Incumbency as a Liability: The Vice Presidency -- The Balance of Resources -- pt. II SEQUENCES -- 4.The Nomination Process -- Before the Primaries -- Iowa and New Hampshire: The First Hurdles -- 1972 -- 1976 -- 1980 -- 1984 -- 1988 -- 1992 -- 1996 -- 2000 -- 2004 -- 2008 -- What Do These Historical Vignettes Teach? -- State Primaries -- State Caucuses -- Superdelegates -- The National Party Conventions -- Candidate Organizations at the Conventions -- Party Delegates at the Conventions -- The Convention as Advertising -- The Vice Presidential Nominee -- The Future of National Conventions -- 5.The Campaign -- The Well-Traveled Candidates -- Persuading Voters -- Economic Issues -- Foreign Issues -- Social Issues -- Presentation of Self -- Negative Campaigning -- Getting Good Press -- Campaign Professionals -- Policy Advisers -- Polling -- Focus Groups -- Television Advertising -- New Media -- Televised Debates -- Getting Out the Vote -- Campaign Blunders -- Forecasting the Outcome -- Counting the Vote -- pt. III ISSUES -- 6.Appraisals -- The Political Theory of Policy Government -- Reform by Means of Participatory Democracy -- Some Specific Reforms -- The Nomination Process -- The Decline of the National Convention -- The Electoral College -- Party Platforms and Party Differences -- 7.American Parties And Democracy -- Elections and Public Policy -- Parties of Advocacy versus Parties of Intermediation -- APPENDIXES -- A.Vote by Groups in Presidential Elections, 1952-2008 -- B.Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections, by Population Characteristics, 1968-2008 -- C.Selections from the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms, 2008.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780742564220
0742564223
9780742564237
0742564231
9781442212251 (electronic bk.)
144221225X (electronic bk.) - Note:
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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