The American Campaign, Second Edition

U.S. Presidential Campaigns and the National Vote

• Author(s): James E. Campbell,
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 1603444475
  ISBN_13: 9781603444477
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections , Political Science / Political Process / General , Political Science / American Government / Executive Branch ,

Description:... Reporting data and predicting trends through the 2008 campaign, this classroom-tested volume offers again James E. Campbell's "theory of the predictable campaign," incorporating the fundamental conditions that systematically affect the presidential vote: political competition, presidential incumbency, and election-year economic conditions. Campbell's cogent thinking and clear style present students with a readable survey of presidential elections and political scientists' ways of studying them. The American Campaign also shows how and why journalists have mistakenly assigned a pattern of unpredictability and critical significance to the vagaries of individual campaigns. This excellent election-year text provides:a summary and assessment of each of the serious predictive models of presidential election outcomes;a historical summary of many of America's important presidential elections;a significant new contribution to the understanding of presidential campaigns and how they matter.