Elections to Open Seats in the U.S. House - Where the Action Is

Shifting the focal point from incumbency to open seat competition in the U.S. House of Representatives is the task this book embraces. In the process, the authors demonstrate the importance of candidates and competition, and the role of money, gender, and special elections in determining how open seats get filled and when partisan changes occur.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Where the Action Is: Why Open Seats Jump-Start Congressional Careers Chapter 2 Open Seat Congressional Elections: Are These Influenced by the Same Factors as Incumbent Elections? Chapter 3 Candidates and Competition: Who Are They? Where Do They Come From? Chapter 4 Investing in the Future Chapter 5 Women and Open Seat Congressional Elections Chapter 6 Special Elections: The Other Open Seats Chapter 7 Understanding the Past, Predicting the Future Chapter 8 Appendix: Forecasting Open Seat Vote Chapter 9 Methodological Sources

About the author

By Ronald Keith Gaddie and Charles S. Bullock III

Product details

• Authors: Charles Bullock, Charles S Bullock, Bullock Charles S., Ronald Gaddie, Ronald Keith Gaddie, Gaddie Ronald Keith
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2000
• EAN: 9780742508613
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0861-3
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Campaigns and Elections