Conventional wisdom and American elections: exploding myths, exploring misconceptions

by Baumgartner, Jody C.

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Full title :Conventional wisdom and American elections : exploding myths, exploring misconceptions / Jody C. Baumgartner and Peter L. Francia.

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Publication Date:©2010
Edition:Second edition

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Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Place of Publication:Lanham, Md
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 241 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442200876, 1442200871, 9781442200883, 144220088X, 9781442200890, 1442200898
oclc:ocn503308119
LC Classification:JK1976
Dewey Decimal:324.70973

Voters. Vanishing voters: misconceptions about voter turnout and the youth vote -- A polarized nation? "The culture war" and divisions in American politics -- The myth of independent and swing voters -- Following campaigns. Misconceptions about campaign finance reform: what regulations have and have not accomplished -- The "Veepstakes": balancing the ticket and other myths about Vice Presidential selection - -Myth or reality? Presidential campaigns have become nastier -- Science or voodoo? Misconceptions about national election polls -- "It's the ratings, stupid": misconceptions about media bias -- A "dime's worth of difference"? Political parties and the myth of Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- Understanding election outcomes. Selling the President: the "image is everything" myth -- The illusion of competitive Congressional elections -- "Kingmaker" and battleground states and the myth of national presidential elections.

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