LEADER 03878nam 2200553 450 001 9910467312403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62922-070-1 010 $a1-62922-071-X 035 $a(CKB)4340000000210989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5116726 035 $a(OCoLC)1008872836 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59835 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5116726 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11462320 035 $a(OCoLC)1009210793 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000210989 100 $a20171129h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aRaces, reforms, & policy $eimplications of the 2014 midterm elections /$fedited by Christopher J. Galdieri, Tauna S. Sisco, Jennifer C. Lucas 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAkron, Ohio :$cUniversity Of Akron Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aBliss Institute series 311 $a1-62922-069-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aUnderstanding the 2014 midterm election / Robert S. Erikson -- The other Republican wave: 2014 state legislative elections / Chad Kinsella and Scott Sedmak -- Florida's second congressional district: a blue dot in a field of red / Robert E. Crew, Jr., Alexandra G. Cockerham, and Edward James III -- Not set in stone: nationalization and the changing face of South Dakota politics / Emily O. Wanless -- The 2014 senate and 2012 presidential elections in North Carolina: a microgeographical comparison / Adam S. Myers -- Scott Brown, the carpetbagger: the political rhetoric surrounding the US Senate race in New Hampshire in 2014 / Jerome J. Day, Tauna S. Sisco, and Christopher J. Galdieri -- Assessing recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration on reducing long lines and wait times on election day / Terri Susan Fine and Charles Stewart III -- Wait times and voter confidence: a study of the 2014 general election in Miami-Dade County / Michael C. Herron, Daniel A. Smith, Wendy Serra, and Joseph Bafumi -- The Affordable Care Act and the outcome of the 2014 US Senate elections / Sean D. Foreman -- Immigration reform and the 2014 midterms: the politics of executive action / Heather Silber Mohamed -- The climate and carbon conservative campaign conundrum: Republicans on energy and environment in the 2014 elections / Mark J. O'Gorman. 330 $a"The midterm elections of 2014 saw the culmination of long-term trends in American politics, and laid the groundwork for Republicans' successes in 2016. To what extent were the results the product of shifting partisan and demographic trends, and to what extent did policy questions drive the results? What can 2014 tell us about midterm elections generally? In this volume, leading scholars look at this election in its broad strokes, in case studies of key races, and in terms of policy questions such as immigration, health care, the environment, and election administration itself. Chapters also address the important issue of voter wait times for democratic outcomes. The authors demonstrate how the midterm elections of 2014 were in many ways typical for midterm elections, but when you dig deeper into individual races, important variation emerges"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aElections$zUnited States$xStates 606 $aVoting$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElections$xStates. 615 0$aVoting 676 $a324.9730933 702 $aGaldieri$b Christopher J. 702 $aSisco$b Tauna S. 702 $aLucas$b Jennifer C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467312403321 996 $aRaces, reforms, & policy$92461804 997 $aUNINA