The Electoral Origins of Divided Government: Competition in U.S. House Elections, 19461988

ISBN-13: 9780367307127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 152 str.

Gary Jacobson

Opis

This book explains the evolution of competition in postwar elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, and concerned exclusively with House elections. It examines the electoral roots of divided government from the perspective of Republican difficulties in winning congressional elections.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- All Politics Is Local: Electoral Disintegration in the Postwar Era -- After the Primal Scream: The Incumbency Advantage Revisited -- You Can't Beat Somebody with Nobody: Trends in Partisan Opposition -- Democratic Hegemony in the House: Structural Explanations -- Democratic Hegemony in the House: Political Explanations

O autorze

Gary C. Jacobson is professor of political science at the University of California–San Diego and author of numerous articles and several books, including The Politics of Congressional Elections, Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections (with Samuel Kernell), and Money in Congressional Elections, which won the 1980 Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best publication in the field of U.S. national policy.