02751cam a22003974a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000220009502000250011703500230014204000420016504100080020704200080021504300120022305000240023508200120025910000360027124500460030725000120035326000370036530000530040249000570045550400640051250505380057652009880111465000300210265000320213265000270216465000310219165000400222265000440226283000470230613753790BJBSDDR20240626131128.0ta041018s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng  a 2004061078 a039397829X (pbk.) a9780393978292 (pbk.) a(OCoLC)ocm56840766 aDLCcDLCdBAKERdC#PdYDXCPdDLCbeng aeng apcc an-us---14aJK 1976bM891a 200600a324.9731 aMorton, Rebecca B., d1954-202010aAnalyzing elections /cRebecca B. Morton. a1st ed. aNew York :bW.W. Norton,cc2006. axii, 690 pages :billustrations, maps ; c24 cm.1 aThe new institutionalism in American politics series aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 645-672) and index.0 aHow elections rule American politics Understanding turnout Trends in voter mobilization Candidates, primaries, and ideological divergence Polarized over policy or voting on valence? How campaigns are financed How campaign money affects voters The mass media and voters' information Controlling the behavior of elected officials Measuring public opinion Congressional elections Presidential primaries Presidential elections Minor parties and independent candidates Minority voters and representation The future and analyzing elections aAnalyzing Elections provides students with the analytical tools for understanding the electoral process and uses those tools to explore an abundance of real-world examples. It begins by examining the roles of the basic actors in elections--voters, candidates, parties and interest groups--and the institutional process through which the actors move. The analytical techniques presented in the first part of the book are then applied to questions about the effects of money and the mass media on electoral outcomes, the extent to which elections can control errant officials, and the problems of measuring public opinion and preferences. Special attention is devoted to the unique issues involved in the congressional redistricting as well as presidential primaries and the Electoral College. The analysis is extended to consider the roles played my minor party and independent candidates and the problems minorities face in achieving representation in the American electoral process. 0aElectionszUnited States. 4aElecciones zEstados Unidos 0aVotingzUnited States. 4aVotaciónzEstados Unidos 0aPolitical campaignszUnited States. 4aCampañas políticas zEstados Unidos 0aNew institutionalism in American politics