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Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington
Paul S. Herrnson
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Description for Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington
Paperback. This book argues that successful candidates run two campaigns: one for votes, the other for resources Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Paul Herrnson combines top-notch research with real-world politics as he argues that successful candidates run two campaigns: one for votes, the other for resources. Using campaign finance data, original survey research, and hundreds of interviews with candidates and political insiders, Herrnson looks at how this dual strategy affects who wins and how it ultimately shapes the entire electoral system. The Seventh Edition considers the impact of the Internet and social media on campaigning; the growing influence of interest groups in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling; and the influence of new voting methods on candidate, party, and voter mobilization tactics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781483392608
SKU
V9781483392608
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About Paul S. Herrnson
Paul S. Herrnson is director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington, 4th ed. (2004) and Party Campaigning in the 1980s (1988) and coauthor of The Financiers of Congressional Elections (2003). He is coeditor of several volumes, including War Stories from Capitol Hill (2003), Responsible Partisanship? The Evolution of American Political Parties Since 1950 (2003), Multiparty Politics in America, 2nd ed. (2002), and Playing Hardball: Campaigning for the U.S. Congress (2000). He has served as an American Political Science Association congressional fellow and has received several teaching awards, including an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Maryland.
Reviews for Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington
The strength of Herrnson's book is that it covers not just the campaign in the home district but also the campaign for funds in Washington, D.C. The book is highly readable with informative tables and figures, and valuable original research. I can't imagine anyone doing better than Herrnson in covering congressional campaigns.
Steve Shaffer Paul Herrnson's Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington is a great resource for a course on American elections. I like using the dichotomy of the two campaigns-one for resources and another for votes-to get students to analyze how money, media, and messaging influence the outcome of elections. What is more, the data used throughout the text allows students to scrutinize the fairness of elections in the United States and develop reforms to address the inequities they see.
Daniel Birdsong I cannot say enough good things about Herrnson's Congressional Elections. It is the gold standard for texts on congressional campaigns and elections. It is consistently lively and highly readable, supplements rigorous empirical analysis with interesting case studies, and is always informed by the most up-to-date cutting-edge research on congressional campaigns and elections. An irreplaceable text.
Bruce A. Larson
Steve Shaffer Paul Herrnson's Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington is a great resource for a course on American elections. I like using the dichotomy of the two campaigns-one for resources and another for votes-to get students to analyze how money, media, and messaging influence the outcome of elections. What is more, the data used throughout the text allows students to scrutinize the fairness of elections in the United States and develop reforms to address the inequities they see.
Daniel Birdsong I cannot say enough good things about Herrnson's Congressional Elections. It is the gold standard for texts on congressional campaigns and elections. It is consistently lively and highly readable, supplements rigorous empirical analysis with interesting case studies, and is always informed by the most up-to-date cutting-edge research on congressional campaigns and elections. An irreplaceable text.
Bruce A. Larson