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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958449403321

Autore

Campbell James E. <1952->

Titolo

The American campaign : U.S. presidential campaigns and the national vote / / James E. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-299-05205-3

1-60344-447-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

Disciplina

324.70973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election

Political campaigns - United States

Voting - United States

Election forecasting - United States

Political science - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The impact of presidential campaigns -- The theory of the predictable campaign -- Studying the effects of campaigns -- The stable context of the campaign -- Presidential incumbency -- The economic context of the campaign -- The normal course of the campaign -- Electoral competition and unsystematic campaign effects -- How campaigns matter -- Epilogue : the 2008 campaign.

Sommario/riassunto

Newly revised for use in conjunction with the 2008 campaign, Campbell's classroom-tested volume presents his "theory of the predictable campaign," incorporating the fundamental conditions that systematically affect the presidential vote: political competition, presidential incumbency, and election-year economic conditions.