The Politics of Congressional Elections
376The Politics of Congressional Elections
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781538123416 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 10/02/2019 |
Edition description: | Tenth Edition |
Pages: | 376 |
Product dimensions: | 5.96(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.57(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
About the Authors xix
1 Introduction 1
2 The Context 7
The Constitutional Framework 8
Congressional Districts 9
Partisan Gerrymandering 12
Redistricting between Censuses 16
Racial Gerrymandering 17
Bipartisan Gerrymanders 19
The Republican Advantage in House Districts 22
States as Electoral Units 25
Election Laws 26
Political Parties 29
Social and Political Contexts 33
Conclusion 36
3 Congressional Candidates 37
The Incumbency Factor 37
Measuring the Value of Incumbency 42
The Vanishing Marginals 45
Sources of the Incumbency Advantage 49
The Institutional Characteristics of Congress 49
Changes in Voting Behavior 51
Constituency Service 52
The Variability of the Incumbency Advantage 55
Discouraging the Opposition 56
Money in Congressional Elections 67
The Connection between Money and Success 68
Why Campaign Money Is More Important to Challengers Than to Incumbents 73
The Career in the District 76
Motivating Challengers 79
4 Congressional Campaigns 85
Campaign Money 87
Contributions to Candidates 90
PACs 90
PACs and the Pivotal 1994 Election 95
Party Money 97
Contributions from Other Members of Congress 106
Self-Financing by Candidates 110
Fund-Raising Tactics and Donors 111
Independent, Voter-Education, and Issue-Advocacy Campaigns 115
Campaign Organizations 119
Campaign Strategies 121
Campaign Media 125
Personal Campaigning 129
Campaign Messages 132
Challengers' Campaigns 133
Going Negative 136
Incumbents' Campaigns 139
Candidates for Open Seats 145
Senate Campaigns 147
Manipulating Turnout 149
Conclusion 152
5 Congressional Voters 155
Turnout in Congressional Elections 155
Who Votes? 157
Partisanship in Congressional Elections 161
Alternative Interpretations of Party Identification 161
Partisanship and Voting 165
Partisanship and Incumbency 169
Information and Voting 171
Recall and Recognition of Candidates 172
Contacting Voters 178
Changing Evaluations Of Incumbents 183
Issues In Congressional Elections 187
6 National Politics and Congressional Elections 193
Political Interpretations of Congressional Elections 197
Models of Aggregate Congressional Election Results 199
Presidential Coattails 204
National Conditions and Strategic Politics 212
Campaign Themes 220
House Elections, 1992-2018 221
1992-2000 221
2002-2010 226
2012-2016 233
The 2018 Midterm Election 235
Senate Elections, 1992-2018 240
1992-2000 240
2002-2010 243
2012-2018 250
Conclusion 256
7 Elections, Representation, and the Politics of Congress 259
Representation 260
Policy Congruence 261
The Changing Relationship Between Constituencies and Roll-Call Votes 263
Constituents, Interests, and Causes 267
Representation by Referendum 268
Descriptive Representation 269
Policy Consequences 271
Particularism 271
Serving the Organized 274
Responsiveness without Responsibility 277
The Congressional Parties: Decline and Revival 279
The Revival of Party Cohesion, 1980-2018 282
Ideological Polarization in Congress and the Electorate 285
Polarization in Presidential Support 285
Party Polarization: The Electoral Connection 287
Diverging Electoral Constituencies 292
Chicken or Egg? 295
The Downside of Strong Parry Government 297
The Public's Evaluations of Congress 299
Reforming Congress 302
Term Limits 303
2020 and Beyond: Geography, Demography, and Trump 307
Bibliography 313
Index 337