Presidential elections : strategies and structures of American politics.: strategies and structures of American politics. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Polsby, Nelson W; Wildavsky, Aaron B; Schier, Steven E; Hopkins, David A
• Contents: <span style="font-style:italic;">List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes <span style="font-style:italic;">Preface <span style="font-weight:bold;">PART I. THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">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, Issues, and National Conditions in the Minds of Voters; Changes in Party Identification: Social Habit versus Contemporary Evaluation; A Central Strategic Problem: The Attentiveness of Voters; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">2. GROUPS ; The Presidential Vote as an Aggregation of Interest Groups; Variations among Interest Groups; “Special” Interests, Campaign Spending, and Public Interest Groups; Political Parties as Organizations; Third Parties; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">3. RULES AND RESOURCES ; Rules: The Electoral College; Thinking About Resources; Resources: Money; Resources: Control over Information; Incumbency as a Resource: The Presidency; Incumbency as a Liability: The Vice Presidency; The Balance of Resources; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">PART II. SEQUENCES ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">4. THE NOMINATION PROCESS ; Before the Voting Begins: The “Invisible Primary” The Early States What Do These Historical Vignettes Teach?; Super Tuesday and Later Primaries; State and Territorial Caucuses; Delegate Allocation; Superdelegates An Ever-Changing Nomination Process; The National Party Conventions The Convention as Advertising; The Vice Presidential Nominee; The Future of National Conventions; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">5. THE CAMPAIGN ; The Well-Traveled Candidates; Persuading Voters; Winning the Media Game; Campaign Professionals; Televised Debates; Getting Out the Vote; Campaign Blunders; Forecasting the Outcome; Counting the Vote; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">PART III. ISSUES ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">6. APPRAISALS ; Reform upon Reform; The Political Theory of Policy Government; Reform by Means of Participatory Democracy; Some Specific Reforms; Party Platforms and Party Differences; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">7. AMERICAN PARTIES AND DEMOCRACY ; Elections and Public Policy; Parties of Advocacy versus Parties of Intermediation; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">APPENDIXES ; A. Vote by Groups in Presidential Elections, 1984–2020; B. Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections, by Population Characteristics, 1984–2020; C. Selections from the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms, 2020 <span style="font-style:italic;">Notes <span style="font-style:italic;">Index
• Edition: Sixteenth edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (334 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 324.973; Presidents -- United States -- Election
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538183724; 9781538183717
• Related ISBNs: 9781538183700
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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