LEADER 03910nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910954705803321 005 20251117005800.0 010 $a1-282-94024-4 010 $a9786612940248 010 $a0-472-02327-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000039595 035 $a(OCoLC)732605589 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10389771 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299059 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421914 035 $a(PQKB)11225799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL294024 035 $a(OCoLC)728836403 035 $a(BIP)46264627 035 $a(BIP)7094890 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000039595 100 $a20021101h20012000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe electorate, the campaign, and the office $ea unified approach to Senate and House elections /$fPaul Gronke 205 $a1st paperback ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$d2001, c2000 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-472-08824-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index. 330 $aVoters simultaneously choose among candidates running for different offices, with different terms, and occupying different places in the Constitutional order. Conventional wisdom holds that these overlapping institutional differences make comparative electoral research difficult, if not impossible. Paul Gronke's path-breaking study compares electoral contexts, campaigns, and voter decision-making in House and Senate elections. Gronke's book offers new insights into how differences--and similarities--across offices structure American elections. Congressional elections research holds that Senate races are more competitive than House contests because states are more heterogeneous, or because candidates are more prominent and raise more money, or because voters have fundamentally different expectations. Because House and Senate contests are seldom compared, we have little empirical evidence to test the various hypotheses about how voters make choices for different offices. Gronke finds that the similarities between House and Senate elections are much greater than previously thought and that voters make their decisions in both races on the same bases. Gronke first looks at differences in congressional districts and states, showing that context does not really help us understand why Senate elections feature better candidates, higher spending, and closer outcomes. Next, he turns to campaigns. Surprisingly, over a turbulent twenty-year period, House and Senate candidacies have retained the same competitive dynamics. Gronke also considers voting behavior in House and Senate elections. Focusing on the 1988 and 1990 elections, he argues that voters do not distinguish between institutions, applying fundamentally the same decision rule, regardless of the office being contested. Gronke closes by considering the implications of his results for the way we relate settings, electoral dynamics, and institutional arrangements. This book will appeal to those interested in Congress, political campaigning, and voting. Paul Gronke is Associate Professor of Political Science at Reed College. 606 $aCampaign funds$zUnited States 606 $aElections$zUnited States 615 0$aCampaign funds 615 0$aElections 676 $a324.973/092 700 $aGronke$b Paul$f1961-$01868120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954705803321 996 $aThe electorate, the campaign, and the office$94475955 997 $aUNINA