The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter (C
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- Condition
- Book Title
- The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do
- ISBN
- 9780226922157
- Subject Area
- Political Science
- Publication Name
- Timeline of Presidential Elections : How Campaigns Do
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, American Government / General, American Government / Executive Branch
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Series
- Chicago Studies in American Politics Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 12.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226922154
ISBN-13
9780226922157
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114259228
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Timeline of Presidential Elections : How Campaigns Do
Subject
Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, American Government / General, American Government / Executive Branch
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Series
Chicago Studies in American Politics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-002385
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
The Timeline of Presidential Elections offers a sober, rigorous, and highly readable probe of what trial-heat polls have to say about election campaigns., Americans have long been fascinated with presidential election campaigns and the polls that accompany them. Each time a new poll is released, we interpret it as indicating something real about the rising or falling fortunes of candidates-and assume these changes have implications for what happens on election day. With ambitious and insightful scholarship, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien offer a striking critique of these assumptions, issuing a startling wake-up call that suggests much of the tremendous effort-and money-spent during campaigns may in fact be a waste. Any candidate interested in winning an election should read this book, as should anyone interested in truly understanding voters., "A comprehensive and most convincing exercise. Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien lay bare the macro-dynamics of modern American presidential elections. They show how the outcomes of these elections can be predicted, and why. In their explanation of the "why," the critical role of the campaign reveals itself. . . . Anyone seriously interested in presidential election campaigns and forecasting cannot do without it.", What do voters make of presidential campaigns? Do they update their beliefs about the best candidate as campaigns progress? Or are their minds made up before the campaigns have even started? . . . Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien have done an excellent service in writing about how voters react to campaigns, and future research on the way in which presidential campaigns shape election outcomes would be well advised to ground their work in what Erikson and Wlezien have accomplished., Americans have long been fascinated with presidential election campaigns and the polls that accompany them. Each time a new poll is released, we interpret it as indicating something real about the rising or falling fortunes of candidates--and assume these changes have implications for what happens on election day. With ambitious and insightful scholarship, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien offer a striking critique of these assumptions, issuing a startling wake-up call that suggests much of the tremendous effort--and money--spent during campaigns may in fact be a waste. Any candidate interested in winning an election should read this book, as should anyone interested in truly understanding voters., This is an important, original book by accomplished political scientists at the top of their game. Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien have addressed a central question in the study of presidential elections--to what extent do the actual campaigns matter?--and provided an account of election dynamics that anyone with a passing knowledge of presidential elections can understand, but whose technical sophistication will be appreciated by political scientists. The Timeline of Presidential Election Campaigns will be regarded as a landmark by the presidential research community., Erikson and Wlezien bring the tools of time series analysis to bear on the fundamental tension that haunts every scholar, reporter, or consultant trying to understand the effects of campaigns: how much of the final outcome is determined by what the candidates do (or what happens to them) in the weeks leading up to the election and how much is driven by the things out of their control. . . . If you study presidential politics or time series analyses, there is a lot to like in Timeline . The connection between the method and the substance is close and tight, which makes this book a great example of how the right method can help illustrate important nuances in the substance of a problem. . . . But by far, the most important contribution the book makes is to illustrate that presidential campaigns matter in predictable ways., This is an important, original book by accomplished political scientists at the top of their game. Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien have addressed a central question in the study of presidential elections-to what extent do the actual campaigns matter?-and provided an account of election dynamics that anyone with a passing knowledge of presidential elections can understand, but whose technical sophistication will be appreciated by political scientists. The Timeline of Presidential Election Campaigns will be regarded as a landmark by the presidential research community.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
324.973
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments One / Election Campaigns and Voter Preferences Two / Uncovering Vote Intentions using Trial-Heat Polls Three / Thinking about Campaign Dynamics Four / Vote Intentions over the Campaign Timeline Five / From the Campaign to Election Day Six / Sources of Change over the Campaign Timeline Seven / Campaign Dynamics and the Individual Voter Eight / The Evolution of Electoral Choice over the Campaign Timeline Appendix / Vote Intention Data Notes References Index
Synopsis
In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It's a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien reveal for the first time how both factors come into play. Erikson and Wlezien have amassed data from close to two thousand national polls covering every presidential election from 1952 to 2008, allowing them to see how outcomes take shape over the course of an election year. Polls from the beginning of the year, they show, have virtually no predictive power. By mid-April, when the candidates have been identified and matched in pollsters' trial heats, preferences have come into focus--and predicted the winner in eleven of the fifteen elections. But a similar process of forming favorites takes place in the last six months, during which voters' intentions change only gradually, with particular events--including presidential debates--rarely resulting in dramatic change. Ultimately, Erikson and Wlezien show that it is through campaigns that voters are made aware of--or not made aware of--fundamental factors like candidates' policy positions that determine which ticket will get their votes. In other words, fundamentals matter, but only because of campaigns. Timely and compelling, this book will force us to rethink our assumptions about presidential elections.
LC Classification Number
JK524.E84 2012
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