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The State of the Parties by
Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on political party action in election years and in-between. The fourth edition of this essential party primer includes: --The first report on the midterm elections of 2002 --A whole new part on national party finances --Twelve new chapters covering topics ranging from party web sites, to political consultants, to state-level party activity --Thoroughly revised anchor chapters including a recast argument, by Theodore J. Lowi, for a more responsible three party system The growing sophistication of party politics is the theme of this new edition, a theme sure to be played out in the elections of 2004.
Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections by
What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? How do gender dynamics alter the conventional norms of electoral politics? Do women campaign differently from men? Do male candidates pay more attention to women′s issues, or make other strategic and behavioral changes when opposed by a female candidate? Author Richard Logan Fox answers these questions and many others with compelling evidence that suggests that women candidates are having a profound impact on the electoral process. In Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections, Fox studies the congressional races of 1992 and 1994 in California in which a record 19 women were candidates for House seats. He contrasts the experiences of both the male and female candidates and sheds new light on the different challenges women face during political campaigns. Providing a groundbreaking examination of an understudied topic, Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections will be essential for students and professionals in political science.
Find transcripts from Presidential debates as far back as 1960 from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Learn more about the electoral college - who you're really voting for in a Presidential election - from the National Archives and Records Administration.
Learn more about the process, the right to vote, and issues in past Presidential elections from the Library of Congress.
Get primary source materials on Presidential elections from 1789-1920.
Find out more about how elections for Vice Presidency have changed over the years from the U.S. Senate.
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The Federal Election Commission is an independent agency responsible for enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act, specifically in regards to campaign finances. Access various reports and disclosed campaign financial data on this site.
Search through the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) database of disclosed campaign financial data.
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Campaign Finance and Political Polarization by
Efforts to reform the U.S. campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionally favored candidates with extreme ideological agendas and, consequently, fostered political polarization. Drawing on data from 50 states and the U.S. Congress over 20 years, La Raja and Schaffner reveal that current rules allow wealthy ideological groups and donors to dominate the financing of political campaigns. In order to attract funding, candidates take uncompromising positions on key issues and, if elected, take their partisan views into the legislature. As a remedy, the authors propose that additional campaign money be channeled through party organizations--rather than directly to candidates--because these organizations tend to be less ideological than the activists who now provide the lion's share of money to political candidates. Shifting campaign finance to parties would ease polarization by reducing the influence of "purist" donors with their rigid policy stances. La Raja and Schaffner conclude the book with policy recommendations for campaign finance in the United States. They are among the few non-libertarians who argue that less regulation, particularly for political parties, may in fact improve the democratic process.
Election Spending by
This volume explores the topics relating to election spending by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these topics. Divergent views on the same topic allow readers to activate their higher-level critical thinking and reading skills. Will fully anonymous campaign donations eliminate political corruption? Would public funding of elections ensure judicial neutrality? Does the Federal Election Commission hinder campaign finance reform? Is banning corporate campaign contributions unconstitutional? Essays provide the answers and readers can decide for themselves where they stand on the issues.