1st Edition
The Electoral Origins Of Divided Government Competition In U.s. House Elections, 19461988
By Gary Jacobson
Copyright 1991
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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Is divided government—a Republican president and a Democratic Congress—the product of diminished competition for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives? In this groundbreaking study, Gary C. Jacobson uses a detailed analysis of the evolution of competition in postwar House elections to argue that the problems Republicans face in seeking House seats are political rather than structural. With... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- All Politics Is Local: Electoral Disintegration in the Postwar Era -- After the Primal Scream: The Incumbency Advantage Revisited -- You Can't Beat Somebody with Nobody: Trends in Partisan Opposition -- Democratic Hegemony in the House: Structural Explanations -- Democratic Hegemony in the House: Political Explanations
Biography
Gary C. Jacobson is professor of political science at the University of California–San Diego and author of numerous articles and several books, including The Politics of Congressional Elections, Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections (with Samuel Kernell), and Money in Congressional Elections, which won the 1980 Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best publication in the field of U.S. national policy.
