Overview
- Features detailed case studies of ten competitive House races and twelve high-profile U.S. Senate campaigns
- Analyzes the effects of the historic presidential race on down-ticket races for Senate and House of Representative
- Gathers leading election specialists to offer insights and elucidate why certain outcomes occurred in the most competitive races for Congress seats
- Covers cutting-edge topics including social media campaigning and voter registration laws
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This book analyzes both local and national House and Senate campaigns in the 2016 election to reveal how distinctive campaign dynamics have a collective national impact. Featuring detailed case studies of ten competitive House races and twelve high-profile U.S. Senate campaigns, the volume provides a deep analysis of campaign dynamics and the polarizing effects of the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. These studies are contextualized by four thematic chapters that cover the most salient talking points of the 2016 elections, including voter registration laws and congressional candidates' use of Twitter. As penetrating as it is comprehensive, this volume provides readers with a fuller understanding of the divided landscape of contemporary American political campaigns.
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Keywords
- Congress 2016
- American congressional elections
- American Senate
- American House
- 114th Congress
- Twitter and politics
- Trump Twitter
- voter registration laws
- voter suppression
- female congressional candidates
- minority congressional candidates
- California 49th
- Colorado 6th
- Illinois 10th
- Iowa 1st
- New York 19th
- New York 22nd
- New York 24th
- Texas 23rd
Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Setting the Context
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Front Matter
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sean D. Foreman is Professor of Political Science at Barry University, USA. He is the co-author of four books, including The Roads to Congress 2014 (2015), with Robert Dewhirst, about the midterm elections. He was president of the Florida Political Science Association in 2012 and serves as secretary of FPSA for the 2015-17 term. He co-chairs the Campus Democracy Project at Barry University. He frequently comments on national politics and elections for numerous outlets.
Marcia L. Godwin is Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at the University of La Verne, USA. She has extensive experience in local government administration. Her research has been published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education, Policy Studies Journal, State and Local Government Review, Teaching Public Administration, and other publications. She is co-editor, with Sean D. Foreman, of Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America: The Keys to City Hall (2015).
Marcia L. Godwin is Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at the University of La Verne, USA. She has extensive experience in local government administration. Her research has been published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education, Policy Studies Journal, State and Local Government Review, Teaching Public Administration, and other publications. She is co-editor, with Sean D. Foreman, of Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America: The Keys to City Hall (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Roads to Congress 2016
Book Subtitle: American Elections in a Divided Landscape
Editors: Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58094-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58093-7Published: 19 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86319-1Published: 14 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58094-4Published: 30 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 406
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Electoral Politics, Political Sociology, Cultural Policy and Politics