State of the Parties 2022: The Changing Role of American Political Parties

by John C. Green (Editor), David B. Cohen (Editor), Kenneth M. Miller (Editor)

Overview

The State of the Parties 2022 brings together leading scholars of parties, elections, and interest groups to provide an indispensable overview of American political parties today. The 2020 presidential election was extraordinary. What role did political parties play in these events? How did the party organizations fare? What are the implications for the future? Scholars and practitioners from throughout the United States explore the current state of American party organizations, constituencies and resources at the national, state and local level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538164846
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/21/2022
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.21(w) x 9.37(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

John C. Green is the Emeritus Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. A respected analyst of Ohio and national politics, his work has been widely cited and quoted by scholars and journalists alike.

David B. Cohen is a professor of political science, Director of the Applied Politics Program, and Fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron. He teaches courses and conducts research on the American presidency, Congress, and homeland security.

Kenneth M. Miller is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests and publications include campaign finance, elections, and representation.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1. The State of the Parties: Change and Continuity in 2020

John C. Green, Kenneth M. Miller, and David B. Cohen

Part I: State of the Parties

1. An Era of Unstable Majorities Continues

Morris P. Fiorina

1. Activists Versus Voters: Intra-party Warfare in the Modern World

Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner

1. Congressional Primary Challenges and the Health of the Parties

Robert G. Boatright

Part II: Partisan Voters

1. Peak Polarization? The Rise of Partisan-Ideological Consistency and its Consequences

Alan I. Abramowitz

1. Political Identity and Beliefs about Stolen Elections in the American Electorate

Anita Manion, David C. Kimball, and Adriano Udani

1. Major Party Factions in a Battleground State: Self-Identified Factional Affiliation among Pennsylvania Voters

Stephen K. Medvic and Berwood A. Yost

1. Blue Metros, Red States: The Geography of the 2020 Vote in the Swing States

David F. Damore, Karen A. Danielsen, and Robert E. Lang

1. Turning the Natural State Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas

John C. Davis

Part III: Partisan Activity

1. Nationalized Congressional Finance: Evidence from 2018 and 2020

Kenneth M. Miller

1. The Ground Game in 2020: Party Contacts as Reported by Voters

Paul A. Beck

1. From Tea Party to Trump Party

Ronald B. Rapoport and W. Henry Crossman

Part IV: Women and Party Politics

1. The Partisan Gap among Women in Elective Office: 2020 and Beyond

Laurel Elder

1. Fired Up or Falling Flat: Recruitment of Women Candidates during the Trump Administration

Shannon McQueen

1. The Super Women and the Super Men behind Super PACs: A New Source of Inequality

Paul S. Herrnson and Jennifer A. Heerwig

References

Index

About the Contributors

Editorial Reviews

This iteration of State of the Parties lives up to the legacy of the previous works in the series, most recently State of the Parties 2018 (CH, Feb'19, 56-2560). Offering a balanced mix of work by veteran and emerging scholars, this essay collection recalls the recent history of the two major parties in American politics and then drills down into what makes them the parties that they are. These scholars contextualize the current status of political parties—their structure, their makeup, and their activity—in the turmoil of hyperpartisanship and polarization. The various scholars play to their strengths in terms of both subject matter and methodology. State of the Parties 2022 paints an easily understood, yet detailed and multifaceted picture of the current shape of American politics. The anthology would make a great supplemental text for classes on American political parties; it is sophisticated enough for graduate courses and understandable enough for undergraduates. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.

Choice Reviews

This iteration of State of the Parties lives up to the legacy of the previous works in the series, most recently State of the Parties 2018 (CH, Feb'19, 56-2560). Offering a balanced mix of work by veteran and emerging scholars, this essay collection recalls the recent history of the two major parties in American politics and then drills down into what makes them the parties that they are. These scholars contextualize the current status of political parties--their structure, their makeup, and their activity--in the turmoil of hyperpartisanship and polarization. The various scholars play to their strengths in terms of both subject matter and methodology. State of the Parties 2022 paints an easily understood, yet detailed and multifaceted picture of the current shape of American politics. The anthology would make a great supplemental text for classes on American political parties; it is sophisticated enough for graduate courses and understandable enough for undergraduates. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.

From the Publisher