Table of Contents

Foreword, Representative Lee Hamilton 1. The Context for Defeat, Dona-Gene Mitchell and Jeffery J. Mondak 2. Did the Media Do It? The Influence of News Coverage on the 2006 Congressional Elections, Edward G. Carmines, Jessica C. Gerrity and Michael W. Wagner 3. Polarization, Attribution, and Communication Networks in the 2006 Congressional Elections, Matthew Buttice, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan 4. Candidate Entry, Voter Response and Partisan Tides in the 2002 and 2006 Elections, Walter J. Stone, Nathan J. Hadley, Rolfe D. Peterson, Cherie D. Maestas and L. Sandy Maisel 5. Abramoff, Email, and the Mistreated Mistress: Scandal and Character in the 2006 Elections, David J. Hendry, Robert A. Jackson and Jeffery J. Mondak 6. Perceptions and Realities of Issue Voting, Dona-Gene Mitchell 7. The President, the War, and Voting Behavior in the 2006 House Elections, Gary C. Jacobson 8. Americans’ Perceptions of the Nature of Governing, John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Eric Whitaker