This book explores the fascinating and puzzling world of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American elections. It examines the strategic behavior of nineteenth-century party politicians and shows how their search for electoral victory led them to invent a number of remarkable campaign practices. Why were parties dedicated to massive voter mobilization? Why did presidential nominees wage front-porch campaigns? Why did officeholders across the country tie their electoral fortunes to the popularity of presidential candidates at the top of the ticket? Erik J. Engstrom and Samuel Kernell...
This book explores the fascinating and puzzling world of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American elections. It examines the strategic behavio...
Offers an historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Erik J. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting.
Offers an historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Erik J. Engstrom eval...
This book demonstrates that nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions that prescribed how votes were cast and were converted into political offices.
This book demonstrates that nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions that prescribed how votes were cast and were conver...
