Research Catalog

Title

Change and continuity in the 2000 and 2002 elections / Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, David W. Rohde.

Author

Abramson, Paul R.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Aldrich, John H., 1947-
• Rohde, David W.

Description

xii, 372 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Subject

• United States. Congress > Elections, 2000
• United States. Congress > Elections, 2002
• Presidents > United States > Election > 2000
• Elections > United States
• United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001
• United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Tables and figures -- Preface -- pt. 1. The 2000 presidential election -- 1. The nomination struggle -- Who ran -- The rules of the nomination system -- Why Bush won -- Why Gore won -- The conventions -- 2. The general election campaign -- The strategic context and the candidates' choices -- From labor Day to the debates -- The debates : the Republicans surpass low expectations -- Final efforts -- Did the campaign matter? -- 3. The election results -- The election rules -- The pattern of results -- State-by-state results -- Electoral change in the postwar South -- The electoral-vote balance -- pt. 2. Voting behavior in the 2000 presidential election -- 4. Who voted? -- Turnout from 1828 through 1920 -- Turnout from 1920 through 2000 -- Turn out among social groups -- Why has turnout declined? -- Does low turnout matter? -- 5. Social forces and the vote -- How social groups voted in 2000 -- How social groups voted during the postwar years -- Why the New Deal Coalition broke down -- 6. Candidates, issues, and the vote -- Attitudes toward the candidates -- Retrospective and prospective evaluations -- The concerns of the electorate -- Issue positions and perceptions -- Issue voting criteria -- Apparent issue voting in 2000 -- Conclusion -- 7. Presidential performance and candidate choice -- What is retrospective voting? -- Evaluations of government performance -- Economic evaluations and the vote for the incumbent -- Evaluations of the incumbent -- The impact of retrospective evaluations -- Conclusion -- 8. Party loyalties, policy preferences, and the vote -- Party identifications : the standard view -- Party identification : an alternative view -- Party identification in the electorate -- Party identification and the vote -- Policy preferences and performance evaluations -- Conclusion -- pt. 3. The 2000 and 2002 congressional elections -- 9. Candidates and outcomes in 2000 -- Election outcomes in 2000 -- Candidates' resources and election outcomes -- The 2000 elections : the impact on Congress -- The 2002 elections and beyond -- 10. The congressional electorate in 2000 -- Social forces and the congressional vote -- Issues and the congressional vote -- Party identification and the congressional vote -- Incumbency and the congressional vote -- The congressional vote as referendum -- Presidential coattails and the congressional vote -- Conclusion -- 11. The 2002 congressional elections -- The pattern of outcomes -- Assessing victory and explaining the results -- National and local influences in congressional elections -- The 2002 elections : the impact on Congress -- The 2004 elections and beyond -- pt. 4. The 2000 and 2002 elections in perspective -- 12. The 2000 and 2002 elections and the future of American politics -- Prospects for the Democrats -- Prospects for the Republicans -- Prospects for as new political party -- Prospects for continued electoral volatility -- Notes -- Suggested readings -- Index.

ISBN

1568027427 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003043561

OCLC

51647645

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library