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Subject(s)

• United States Congress—Elections [Browse]
• Political campaigns—United States [Browse]
• Elections—United States [Browse]
• Local elections—United States—21st century [Browse]
• Presidents—United States—Elections [Browse]
• United States—Politics and government—2021- [Browse]

Author

• Shaw, Daron R., 1966- [Browse]
• Grossmann, Matthew [Browse]
• Lipsitz, Keena [Browse]

Summary note

"Why did Democrats pick up a Senate seat but lose House seats in 2022? How do racial attitudes factor into contemporary campaigns and elections? What is the role of the media in contemporary campaigns? How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect the outcome of the 2020 presidential elections? Is the American election system democratic? Campaigns and elections, election update fourth edition, is your guide to understanding the inner workings of contemporary campaigns and elections, including the contentious 2022 elections."--Page 4 of cover

Notes

"2022 election update"--Cover

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

• Introduction. A framework for understanding campaigns and elections ; Evaluating campaigns and elections ; Conclusions
• The American electoral process. Who can vote ; How to vote ; Who can run ; When elections are held ; Where to run ; Who wins ; Conclusion
• The transformation of American campaigns. The first campaign era: pre-democratic campaigns, 1788-1824 ; The second campaign era: mass mobilization campaigns, 1828-92 ; The third campaign era: progressive era campaigns, 1896-1948 ; The fourth campaign era: candidate campaigns, 1952-2012 ; The fifth campaign era: contemporary campaigns, 2016-present ; Conclusion
• Financing campaigns. Rules for donors ; Rules for spenders ; Campaign finance rules and political strategy ; The debate over campaign finance reform ; Campaign finance and the political system ; Conclusion
• Modern campaign strategies. How are campaign strategies constructed? ; Strategic campaign decisions ; Campaign strategists ; Conclusion
• Political parties. What are political parties? ; Why do we have parties? ; The Democratic and Republican parties ; Why two major parties? ; What roles do parties play in campaigns? ; How rules and reality constrain parties ; Are political parties in decline? ; Party evolution and polarization ; Evaluating political parties ; Conclusion
• Interest groups. Types of interest groups ; Why does the United States have so many interest groups? ; How are interest groups involved in campaigns? ; Rules, reality, and interest group strategies ; Interest group campaign influence ; Evaluating interest groups ; Conclusion
• Media. Who are the news media? ; Government's limited oversight of the news media ; The business of news and the norm of objectivity ; What does the media cover, and how? ; How do candidates and the news media interact? ; Evaluating the news media's role in campaigns ; Conclusion
• Presidential campaigns. Goals of presidential campaigns ; Winning the nomination ; The national conventions ; The general election ; Conclusion
• Congressional campaigns. Rules, reality, and who runs for congress ; Campaign organization and funding ; The nomination process ; The general election ; The incumbency advantage ; The competitiveness of congressional races ; Conclusion
• State and local campaigns. Rules and reality in local elections ; Rules and reality in state elections ; Campaign strategies big and small ; The push toward professionalization ; Accountability and representation in state and local politics ; The paradox of state and local elections ; Conclusion
• Voter participation. What is electoral participation? ; Comparing participation in the United States and other countries ; Why do people participate in campaigns and elections? ; Group differences in electoral participation ; Are voters representative of nonvoters? ; Conclusion
• Voter choice. What influences vote choice ; When campaigns matter ; How campaigns matter ; Conclusion
• Glossary
• Endnotes
• Credits
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9781324046912
• 1324046910 ((pbk.))

OCLC

1334717702

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