Why have the Democrats lost five of the last seven presidential elections, even though polls consistently show that more Americans identify with that party than with the Republican party? And why are Democratic presidential nomination races usually so much more bitter and fractious than those held by the Republicans?The answer, argues William Mayer, lies in an important but too often ignored feature of American politics: The Democrats are a more ideologically diverse, less cohesive party than the Republicans and thus have greater difficulty maintaining party unity. After extensively...
Why have the Democrats lost five of the last seven presidential elections, even though polls consistently show that more Americans identify with that ...
Front-loading has emerged in several US election cycles and is the single most criticized feature of the American presidential selection process. Where state primaries and caucuses were once spread out over a period of three or four months, most are now crammed into a four- or five-week interval at the very beginning of the delegate selection calendar. The system that results has been called absurdly accelerated, dangerously irrational, warped and virtually mindless and a parody of participatory democracy.
Front-loading has emerged in several US election cycles and is the single most criticized feature of the American presidential selection process. Wher...
The "swing voter" occupies a cherished place in American political lore. Candidates court swing voters, consultants target them, and pundits speculate constantly on which way they will lean. But nobody has adequately defined them as a group. What exactly is a swing voter? No one really seems to know. T "he Swing Voter in American Politics f"ills this conceptual gap. The book brings political scientists and pollsters together to answer four basic questions: What is a swing voter? How can analysts use survey data to identify swing voters? How do swing voters differ --if at all --from the...
The "swing voter" occupies a cherished place in American political lore. Candidates court swing voters, consultants target them, and pundits specul...
