Unconventional Wisdom Facts and Myths about American Voters

Name: Unconventional Wisdom Facts and Myths about American Voters
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ISBN: 9780195366839

ISBN-10: 0195366832

ISBN-13: 9780195366839

Edition: 2008

Authors: Karen M. Kaufmann, John R. Petrocik, Daron R. Shaw

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Late deciders go for the challenger; turnout helps the Democrats; the gender gap results from a surge in Democratic preference among women--these and many other myths are standard fare among average citizens, political pundits, and even some academics. But are these conventional wisdoms--familiar to anyone who watches Sunday morning talk shows--really valid? Unconventional Wisdom offers a novel yet highly accessible synthesis of what we know about American voters and elections. It not only provides an integrated overview of the central themes in American politics--parties, polarization, turnout, partisan bias, campaign effects, swing voters, the gender gap, and the youth vote--it upends…

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List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Facts and Myths about American Voters: An Introduction



Americans Hate to Love Their Party, but They Do!



Are American Voters Polarized?



Who Swings?



Soccer Moms and Other Myths about the Gender Gap



The Young and Not-So-Restless Voters



The Partisan Bias of Turnout



Campaign Effects in the Twenty-First Century



Hard Facts and Conventional Wisdom as We Look to the Future


Appendices


Notes


Bibliography


Index