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The Politics of Congressional Elections

ISBN: 9780673996374 | 0673996379
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 8/1/1996

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Table of Contents
List of Tables
xi(4)
List of Figures
xv(2)
Prefacexvii
... MORE
1 INTRODUCTION
1(4)
2 THE CONTEXT
5(14)
Constitutional Framework
5(2)
Congressional Districts
7(4)
Election Laws
11(1)
Political Parties
12(2)
Social and Political Contexts
14(5)
3 CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
19(33)
Incumbency Factor
19(9)
Sources of the Incumbency Advantage
28(6)
Strategic Politicians
34(4)
Money in Congressional Elections
38(5)
Discouraging the Opposition
43(9)
4 CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS
52(33)
Campaign Money
54(6)
Party Money
60(4)
Self-Financing by Candidates
64(1)
Campaign Organizations
65(1)
Campaign Strategies
66(4)
Campaign Messages
70(3)
Incumbents' Campaigns
73(4)
Campaigns for Open Seats
77(1)
Senate Campaigns
78(1)
Concluding Observations
79(6)
5 CONGRESSIONAL VOTERS
85(38)
Turnout in Congressional Elections
85(4)
Partisanship in Congressional Elections
89(3)
Information and Voting
92(5)
Contacting Voters
97(7)
Effects of Campaign Spending
104(2)
Models of Voting Behavior
106(2)
Evaluating Incumbents
108(8)
Winning Challengers
116(3)
Issues in Congressional Elections
119(4)
6 NATIONAL POLITICS AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
123(56)
Political Interpretations of Congressional Elections
124(4)
Presidential Coattails
128(6)
National Conditions and Strategic Politics
134(7)
House Elections, 1980-1994
141(20)
The Clinton Problem
161(2)
Nationalizing the Vote
163(5)
House Election Patterns, 1980-1994
168(1)
Senate Elections, 1980-1994
169(10)
7 ELECTIONS AND THE POLITICS OF CONGRESS
179(25)
Congressional Parties
181(2)
Committee System
183(2)
Particularism
185(3)
Serving the Organized
188(1)
Immobility
189(1)
Symbolism
190(1)
Doing the Right Thing
191(2)
Building Coalitions
193(2)
Budgetary Process
195(9)
8 REPRESENTATION, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
204(23)
Representation
204(4)
Responsiveness versus Responsibility
208(5)
Divided Government
213(2)
Reforming Congress
215(4)
1996 and Beyond
219(8)
Bibliography227(14)
Index241

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