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Political parties, interest groups, and candidate campaigns all pursue similar goals in presidential elections: each entity attempts to mobilize voters. However, the regulatory environment often prevents these groups from coordinating their efforts. With participants playing by new rules mandated by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, the 2004 presidential election included previously unseen configurations and alliances between political actors. In some campaign situations, the resulting "dance" was carefully choreographed. In others, dancers stepped on each other's toes. In still others, participants could only eye each other across the floor.
Dancing without Partners intensively analyzes the relationships among candidates, political parties, and interest groups under the BCRA's new regulations in the 2004 election cycle in five battleground states. The chapters assess the ways in which the rules of the game have changed the game itself-and also how they haven't. The result is a book that will be invaluable to researchers and students of presidential elections.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Something to Prove: The Florida Presidential Campaign of 2004
Chapter 3 The Impact of BCRA on the Presidential Nomination Process: The 2004 Iowa Caucuses
Chapter 4 Taking It to the Streets: The Iowa Presidential Campaign of 2004
Chapter 6 The Candidates Depart But the Dance Goes On: The 2004 Presidential Race in Missouri
Chapter 7 The Battle for Ohio: The 2004 Presidential Campaign
Chapter 7 The Battle for Five Electoral Votes: The New Mexico Presidential Campaign of 2004
Chapter 8 The Morning After: The Lingering Effects of a Night Spent Dancing
About the author
David B. Magleby is a distinguished professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has published thirteen books on campaign finance, including five in this series. He is also known for his work on direct democracy and party identification and is a coauthor of a leading text on the American government, Government by the People.
Summary
Dancing without Partners intensively analyzes the relationships among candidates, political parties, and interest groups under the BCRA's new regulations in the 2004 election cycle in five battleground states. The chapters assess the ways in which the rules of the game have changed the game itself—and also how they haven't.
