Party pursuits and the presidential-house election connection, 1900-2008 /

This study proposes and assesses an alternative explanation of the changes in the relationship between presidential and House of Representatives election results during the last century. Jeffrey M. Stonecash argues that the separation of presidential and House election results that occurred from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > Elections.
United States. > Congress
Elections > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Election.
Political parties > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Elections
Political parties
Presidents > Election
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disconnecting and reconnecting presidential-house election results
  • The study of presidential
  • house elections
  • Reconsidering conclusions: a critique
  • Explaining change: the role of party pursuits
  • The democratic pursuit of the north
  • Expanding the democratic base
  • Republican and democratic pursuits of new constituents
  • The consequences of changing electoral bases
  • Regional patterns of change
  • Realignment and converging results
  • Party pursuits and American democracy.

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