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Electoral Challenge - Theory Meets Practice

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Informationen zum Autor Stephen C. Craig is professor of political science at the University of Florida, as well as director of the university’s graduateprogram in Political Campaigning. He is author of The Malevolent Leaders: Popular Discontent in America; editor of Broken Contract?Changing Relationships between Americans and Their Government; co-editor of After the Boom: The Politics of GenerationX; Ambivalence and the Structure of Political Opinion; Ambivalence, Politics, and Public Policy; and has published numerousbook chapters and articles in professional journals. Craig has worked extensively with both academic and political surveys andcontinues to conduct polling and focus-group research for clients in Florida and elsewhere. David B. Hill is director of Hill Research Consultants and a member of the research faculty at Auburn University. Since 1984he has polled for Republican candidates and ballot initiatives and referenda across the nation. His clients have included governors,U.S. senators, and members of congress, including former Vice President Dan Quayle; former Governor Terry Branstad ofIowa; Florida’s Bob Martinez and Mel Martinez, that state’s first Hispanic Governor and U.S. Senator, respectively; and Michigan’slast Republican Governor, John Engler. He writes a weekly column on polling and campaigns for The Hill . Currently, he is workingto elect Meg Whitman Governor of California. Klappentext What decides elections? Is it the national economic condition, voters' partisan attachments, or the campaigns that candidates run? How much do campaigns matter? Scholars and political consultants will give you different answers. Stephen C. Craig and David B. Hill bring together the voices of both in this engaging volume, now updated to include the volatile and groundbreaking 2008 campaigns and elections. Each chapter features an essay from a top scholar in the field, followed by a response from political consultants. Contributors bring to bear the best literature and empirical evidence to determine what we know about the factors that drive election outcomes-all while inviting students to join in the conversation. Zusammenfassung What decides elections? Is it the national economic condition! voters' partisan attachments! or the campaigns that candidates run? How much do campaigns matter? This title includes the volatile and groundbreaking 2008 campaigns and elections. Each chapter features an essay from a top scholar in the field. ...

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Authors Stephen C. Craig, Stephen C. Hill Craig
Assisted by Stephen C Craig (Editor), Stephen C. Craig (Editor), Stephen C. C. Craig (Editor), Craig Stephen C. (Editor), David B Hill (Editor), David B. Hill (Editor), Hill David B. (Editor)
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.08.2010
 
EAN 9781604266368
ISBN 978-1-60426-636-8
No. of pages 368
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage

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