Running On Empty? Political Discourse in Congressional Elections,9780742530751

Running On Empty? Political Discourse in Congressional Elections

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ISBN13: 9780742530751
ISBN10: 0742530752
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-04-02
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

The level of discourse in campaigns and elections ideally should elevate citizens' knowledge about the candidates and the issues that face the polity. But elections today are often beset by negative campaigns and an emphasis on the horse race over issue

Table of Contents

Preface: Gauging Political Discourse
L. Sandy Maisel and Darrell M. West
ix
Acknowledgments xv
1 Civil Discourse Derailed, or the Invasion of the Body (Politic) Snatchers in Connecticut 2
1(14)
PAUL R. PETTERSON
2 "Accentuating the Positive": Personality, Polling, and Party in Kansas 3
15(12)
BURDETT A. LOOMIS
3 Partisanship Trumps Incumbency in Maryland's 8th District
27(14)
MARNI EZRA
4 A Three-peat in the 2nd Congressional District Race in Minnesota
41(16)
JOHN S. SHOCKLEY
5 Riding Your Record: Candidate Qualifications and Discourse in North Carolina's 8th District
57(14)
PATRICK SELLERS
6 "Nice Guys Finish Last," and Other Possible Untruths about Congressional Elections
71(14)
KELLY D. PATTERSON
7 "The Virginian" versus "The Little Mexican": The 2002 Race in Arizona 1
85(14)
JAMES I. BOWIE AND FREDERIC I. SOLOP
8 Down to the Wire: Colorado United States House District 7
99(16)
ANDREW E. BUSCH
9 A Campaign about Campaign Discourse: Maine's 2nd District
115(14)
RICHARD J. POWELL
10 The Mayor Becomes a Congressman: Protecting a Lead Wins Big in Ohio's 3rd Congressional District 129(14)
CLYDE BROWN
11 Contrary to Tip O'Neill, All Politics Is Not Local 143(14)
JOHN S. JACKSON III
12 Turning a "No Win" Race into a Win: Democrat Tim Holden Beats the Other George W. (Gekas), in Pennsylvania's 17th 157(14)
STEPHANIE GRECO LARSON
13 A Cataclysmic Campaign for the Minnesota Senate 171(14)
DANIEL HOFRENNING, JANELLE SAGNESS, AND JULIE GUNDERSON
14 Racing in the Shadows: The 2002 Texas Senate Race 185(14)
CHERIE MAESTAS
15 Tightly Contested Everywhere but the Ballot Box: The 2002 Campaign for United States Senate in Maine 199(16)
MARK D. BREWER
16 A Civil Campaign in a Competitive State: The 2002 North Carolina U.S. Senate Election 215(14)
CHARLES PRYSBY
Conclusion: Discourse and Beyond
Darrell M. West and L. Sandy Maisel
229(10)
References 239(10)
Index 249(12)
About the Contributors 261

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