Lessons Learned from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Hindsight Is 2020

ISBN-13: 9783031445484 / Angielski

Joseph A. Coll; Joseph Anthony

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Overview of the 2020 Election-Joseph Anthony (SUNY-Cortland) and Joseph Coll (Sewanee University)

Part I: The Administration of the 2020 Elections

Chapter 2: Wait Times in Georgia- Kevin Morris (New York University and the Brennan Center for Justice)

Chapter 3: Proper Protective Voting Equipment and Voter Evaluations of the 2020 Election- Joseph Coll (Sewanee University)

Chapter 4: Cost of Elections- Matt Lamb (Rice University)

Chapter 5: Diffusion of COVID-19 Election Policies- Frederick Boehmke (University of Iowa)

Part II: Vote Method, Vote Choice, and Voter Turnout

Chapter 6: The Impact of COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Partisanship on Vote Method- Lonna Rae Atkeson (Florida State University), Wendy L. Hansen (University of New Mexico), Maggie Toulouse Oliver (New Mexico Secretary of State & University of New Mexico), Cherie D. Maestas (Purdue University), and Eric C. Wiemer (Purdue University)

Chapter 7: The Method of Voting in the 2020 Presidential Election- Juliana Mucci (Phd Student, University of Florida), Enrijeta Shino (Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida);, Michael McDonald (Professor, University of Florida), and Daniel A. Smith (Professor, University of Florida)

Chapter 8: Elite Signaling, COVID-19 Risk, and Candidate Vote Choice—Enrijeta Shino (Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida) and Daniel A Smith (Professor, University of Florida) 

Part III: Voter Confidence in the 2020 Election

Chapter 9: Changes in Voting System, Donald Trump, and Voter Confidence- Quin Monson (Brigham Young University) and Kelly Patterson (Brigham Young University).

Chapter 10: Candidate Rhetoric and Electoral Confidence- Nadine Gibson (UNC-Wilmington) and Rachel German (UT Austin)

Chapter 11: Partisanship, Perceptions of Fraud, Electoral Reforms, and Vote Count Confidence- Joseph Coll (Sewanee University)

O autorze

Joseph A. Coll is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the College of Wooster, USA. His research examines the factors that influence the access and administration of elections, how that access and administration affects political behavior and public opinion, and how this then goes on to affect public policy.

Joseph Anthony is Assistant Professor of Political Science at SUNY-Cortland, USA. His research focuses on elections administration and public policies, as well as political parties and organizations in the United States. His research priorities investigate the electoral and institutional structures that impact political participation, and the organizational structures that mobilize this participation.

Blurb

In this book, leading and emerging election scholars document the steps that state and local election officials took to augment their elections during the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of these changes. Written for academics, practitioners, and election laypeople, this book details what went right, what went wrong, and what we can learn from the 2020 US presidential election. The 2020 election cycle was unique in American history. Held during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts were made at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure voters could safely access elections. These changes included providing greater access to mail/absentee voting, installing ballot drop boxes, outfitting polling places with protective equipment, and much more. Many of these changes were politicized, with Republicans and Democrats viewing these changes differently.

Contributing authors address how states and localities altered their elections in light of the pandemic; poll worker motivation for working during a health crisis, and how the changes to elections were viewed by election officials; the effects of these changes on whether a citizen decided to cast a ballot, how they voted, and who they voted for; how these changes influenced evaluations of elections, how long voters waited to cast a ballot, and their confidence in the outcome of the election; and, finally, what we can learn about election administration, access, and evaluations from this historic election.

Joseph A. Coll is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the College of Wooster, USA. His research examines the factors that influence the access and administration of elections, how that access and administration affects political behavior and public opinion, and how this then goes on to affect public policy.

Joseph Anthony is Assistant Professor of Political Science at SUNY-Cortland, USA. His research focuses on elections administration and public policies, as well as political parties and organizations in the United States. His research priorities investigate the electoral and institutional structures that impact political participation, and the organizational structures that mobilize this participation.