Change and Continuity in the 2012 Elections. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, Brad T. Gomez, David W. Rohde.
• Authors: Abramson, Paul R; Aldrich, John H, 1947-; Gomez, Brad T, 1970-; Rohde, David W
• Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1: The Nomination Struggle; Who Ran; The Rules of the Nomination System; The Dynamics of Multicandidate Campaigns; Chapter 2: The General Election Campaign; The Strategic Context and Candidates’ Choices; Political Context, Overall Strategy, and Opening Moves; From the Conventions to the Debates; The End Game and the Struggle Over Turnout; Did the Campaign Make a Difference?; Chapter 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; Chapter 4: Who Voted?; Voter Turnout, 1789–1916; Voter Turnout, 1920–2012; Voter Turnout among Social Groups; Changes in Turnout After 1960; Election-Specific Factors; Does Low Voter Turnout Matter?; Chapter 5: Social Forces and the Vote; How Social Groups Voted in 2012; How Social Groups Voted during the Postwar Years; Why the New Deal Coalition Broke Down; Chapter 6: Candidates, Issues, and the Vote; Attitudes toward the Candidates; Prospective Evaluations; Issue Positions and Perceptions; Issue Voting Criteria; Apparent Issue Voting in 2012; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Presidential Performance and Candidate Choice; What Is Retrospective Voting?; Evaluations of Government Performance on Important Problems; Economic Evaluations and the Vote for the Incumbent; Foreign Policy Evaluations and the Vote for the Incumbent; Evaluations of the Incumbent; The Impact of Retrospective Evaluations; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Party Loyalties, Policy Preferences, and the Vote; Party Identification: The Original View; Party Identification: An Alternative View; Party Identification in the Electorate; Hispanic Partisanship in 2008 and 2012; Party Identification and the Vote; Policy Preferences and Performance Evaluations; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Candidates and Outcomes in 2012; Election Outcomes in 2012; Candidates’ Resources and Election Outcomes; The 2012 Elections: The Impact on Congress; The 2014 Elections and Beyond; Chapter 10: The Congressional Electorate in 2012; 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; Chapter 11: The 2012 Elections and the Future of American Politics; The Great Continuities: The Electoral System and the Party System; The Great Change: Depolarization and the Return of Partisan Polarization; Change and Continuity in Turnout; Continuities in Electoral Partisanship; Changes in the Partisan Electorate; Change and Continuity in the U.S. Congress;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 324.9730932; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012; Voting -- United States; Elections -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-; Elections, 2012
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323411; 1483323412
• Related ISBNs: 9781452240459
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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