Moral Victories in the Battle for Congress - Cultural Conservatism and the House Gop

Moral Victories tells the story of the growing importance of moral issues in U.S. House elections. Christian conservative activists worked to nominate friendly candidates and get them elected.

List of contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Lay of the Land

Chapter 2. A Voter's Right to Choose

Chapter 3. Party Coalition Change and U.S. House Elections

Chapter 4. From the Protests to the Precincts

Chapter 5. Religion and Republicanism

Chapter 6. Overcoming the Past

Chapter 7. Issue Polarization and Voting Behavior in U.S. House Elections

Chapter 8. The Importance of Being Moral

Chapter 9. Moral Victories and a New GOP Majority

Notes

List of Interviews

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Marty Cohen is Professor of Political Science at James Madison University. He is coauthor, with David Karol, Hans Noel, and John Zaller, of The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform.

Product details

• Authors: Marty Cohen
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781512826135
• ISBN: 978-1-5128-2613-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: American Governance: Politics,
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education