Chapter 1: More to the Story: The Unforeseen Impacts of the 2018 Midterms
Tauna S. Sisco, Jennifer C. Lucas, and Christopher Galdieri
Chapter 2: Stemming the Tide: The Impact of Redistricting on the 2018 Midterm Election
Jesse T. Clark, Matthew P. Dube, and Richard J. Powell
Chapter 3: Checking Out: 2018 Congressional Retirements and Resignations in Historical Perspective
Hanna Brant, and L. Marvin Overby
Chapter 4: Women, Novices, and Veterans: Diversity in the 2018 Democratic House Primaries
Jack D. Collens
Chapter 5: Rethinking the Strategic Woman Candidate
Emily Baer
Chapter 6: Tariff, Race & Voting: A District Level Analysis of the Trump Effect on the Republican Vote Share
Kevin Doran, and Tauna S. Sisco
Tauna S. Sisco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Saint Anselm College. Her research interests include homelessness, women and politics, and post-natal maternal healthcare. Her work has also appeared in Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, Feminist Media Studies, and the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Jennifer C. Lucas is Professor Politics at Saint Anselm College. Her research, which focuses on the role of gender in campaigns, public policy, and congressional politics, has appeared in Politics & Gender,American Politics Research, and Social Science Quarterly. She is the former co-editor of the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.
Christopher J. Galdieri is Associate Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College. He is a frequent commentator on New Hampshire and presidential primary politics and has published in multiple journals. He recently published Stranger in a Strange State: The Politics of Carpetbagging from Robert Kennedy to Scott Brown.
“This set of highly engaging, well-researched essays on the 2018 midterms goes beyond surface and standard analysis of elections and delivers important insights on the structural and campaign dynamics that mattered. I strongly recommend this collection for scholars, the public and students alike.”
—Amy Fried, Professor of Politics, The University of Maine, USA and author of Pathways to Polling: Crisis, Cooperation, and the Making of Public Opinion Professions (2012)
“This book’s insights and analysis at the district, state and national levels inform readers on our conventional understanding of U.S. politics as well the implications of 2018 for our future.”
—Kevin Parsneau, Professor of Government, Minnesota State University, USA
This book explores multiple stories of the 2018 US midterm elections. From retirements and redistricting, to #MeToo and tariffs, it synthesizes the consequences through a thoughtful, empirical analysis. As the final votes are counted, we scholars know that midterm elections matter and have unforeseen consequences for decades to come.
Tauna S. Sisco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Saint Anselm College, USA.
Jennifer C. Lucas is Professor Politics at Saint Anselm College, USA.
Christopher J. Galdieri is Associate Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College, USA.