Political Geography of Campaign Finance - Fundraising Contribution Patterns in Presidential Elections, 2004

Informationen zum Autor Author Joshua L. Mitchell: Joshua L. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Arkansas, USA Klappentext The Political Geography of Campaign Finance examines the distribution of political campaign contributions in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 preprimary election periods. Using aggregated individual level data, the authors determine if certain areas contribute more to presidential candidates in different stages of the campaign, and if these patterns are independent of wealth and partisanship. Unlike previous research, this book examines individual counties over multiple election cycles. Zusammenfassung The Political Geography of Campaign Finance examines the distribution of political campaign contributions in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 preprimary election periods. Using aggregated individual level data, the authors determine if certain areas contribute more to presidential candidates in different stages of the campaign, and if these patterns are independent of wealth and partisanship. Unlike previous research, this book examines individual counties over multiple election cycles. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Political Geography of Campaign Contributions 2. The Timing of Presidential Campaign Contributions3. Participation in the Early Financing of Presidential Candidates4. A Tale of Two Parties?: Do Republicans and Democratic Contenders Have Different Geographical Fundraising Bases?5. Median Income: An Alternative Explanation for Campaign Contributions7. Conclusion and Discussion

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• Authors: Andre Dowdle, Andrew Dowdle, Scot Limbocker, Scott Limbocker, Joshua L Mitchell, Joshua L. Mitchell, Karen Sebold, Karen Dowdle Sebold, Patrick A Stewart, Patrick A. Stewart
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137445575
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44557-5
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Kommunikationswissenschaft, Europa, B, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, auseinandersetzen, Communication Studies, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Human Geography, Europe—Politics and government, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Electoral Politics, Political Communication, Political structure and processes, Communication in politics