The Roads to Congress 2020: Campaigning in the Era of Trump and Covid-19

ISBN-13: 9783030825201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 294 str.

Sean D. Foreman; Marcia L. Godwin; Walter Clark Wilson

Spis treści

Part I. Congress in Transition

Chapter 1: The 2020 Elections Overview

Sean D. Foreman

Part II. Congressional Campaign and Election Trends

Chapter 2: Voting by Mail

John D. Rackey and Tyler Godines Camarillo

Chapter 3: How COVID19 affects the election

Jennifer Lucas, Tauna Sisco, and Christopher Galdieri

Chapter 4: Sex and Social Media

Bryan T. Gervais, Heather K. Evans, and Annelise Russell

Chapter 5: Forecasting the 2020 elections

Rachel Bitecofer and Sam Epstein

Part III. U.S. House of Representatives Case Studies

Chapter 6: Southern California’s Flipped Congressional Districts: Roads to Reelection

Marcia L. Godwin

Chapter 7: Florida’s 27 Congressional Districts: Some names and faces change but party control stays the same

Sean D. Foreman

Chapter 8: New York’s 22^nd Congressional District

Jeffrey Kraus

Chapter 9: Oklahoma’s 5^th Congressional District

William Curtis Ellis

Chapter 10: Texas Congressional Districts 22, 23, 24

Walter Clark Wilson

Chapter 11: Virginia’s 7^th Congressional District

Patrick T. Hickey

Part IV. U.S. Senate Case Studies

Chapter 12: Alabama Senate Campaign

Tom Lansford

Chapter 13: Arizona Senate Campaign

Gina Woodall

Chapter 14: Iowa Senate Campaign

Douglas M. Brattebo

Chapter 15: Kansas Senate and House Campaigns

Tom Ringenberg

Chapter 16: Maine Senate Campaign

William C. Binning

Chapter 17: North Carolina Senate Campaign

Josh Stockley

Part V. Roads Ahead

Chapter 18: Lessons Learned from the 2020 Elections

Walter Clark Wilson

O autorze

Sean D. Foreman is Professor of Political Science at Barry University, USA.

Marcia L. Godwin is Professor of Public Administration at the University of La Verne, USA. 

Walter Clark Wilson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.

Blurb

This book analyzes changes to campaigning and voting in the United States in 2020. The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 upended traditional campaign strategies, posed unprecedented challenges to candidates, and possessed the potential to fundamentally alter how campaigns think about running for office. At the same time, the Trump administration’s divisive handling of twin crises stemming from the pandemic and rising racial tensions loomed over congressional races as the most disruptive election cycle in living memory. The ramifications of the 2020 congressional elections for the direction of public policy in America—and perhaps for American democracy itself—cannot be overstated. The Roads to Congress 2020 examines key House and Senate campaigns, candidates, and controversies in the 2020 election to reveal what accounts for the outcomes and point the way to America’s political future.

Sean D. Foreman is Professor of Political Science at Barry University, USA.

Marcia L. Godwin is Professor of Public Administration at the University of La Verne, USA. 

Walter Clark Wilson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.