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John C. Green is the Emeritus Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. A respected analyst of Ohio and national politics, his work has been widely cited and quoted by scholars and journalists alike.
David B. Cohen is a professor of political science, Director of the Applied Politics Program, and Fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron. He teaches courses and conducts research on the American presidency, Congress, and homeland security.
Kenneth M. Miller is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests and publications include campaign finance, elections, and representation.
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
- The State of the Parties: Change and Continuity in 2020
John C. Green, Kenneth M. Miller, and David B. Cohen
Part I: State of the Parties
- An Era of Unstable Majorities Continues
Morris P. Fiorina
- Activists Versus Voters: Intra-party Warfare in the Modern World
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner
- Congressional Primary Challenges and the Health of the Parties
Robert G. Boatright
Part II: Partisan Voters
- Peak Polarization? The Rise of Partisan-Ideological Consistency and its Consequences
Alan I. Abramowitz
- Political Identity and Beliefs about Stolen Elections in the American Electorate
Anita Manion, David C. Kimball, and Adriano Udani
- Major Party Factions in a Battleground State: Self-Identified Factional Affiliation among Pennsylvania Voters
Stephen K. Medvic and Berwood A. Yost
- Blue Metros, Red States: The Geography of the 2020 Vote in the Swing States
David F. Damore, Karen A. Danielsen, and Robert E. Lang
- Turning the Natural State Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas
John C. Davis
Part III: Partisan Activity
- Nationalized Congressional Finance: Evidence from 2018 and 2020
Kenneth M. Miller
- The Ground Game in 2020: Party Contacts as Reported by Voters
Paul A. Beck
- From Tea Party to Trump Party
Ronald B. Rapoport and W. Henry Crossman
Part IV: Women and Party Politics
- The Partisan Gap among Women in Elective Office: 2020 and Beyond
Laurel Elder
- Fired Up or Falling Flat: Recruitment of Women Candidates during the Trump Administration
Shannon McQueen
- The Super Women and the Super Men behind Super PACs: A New Source of Inequality
Paul S. Herrnson and Jennifer A. Heerwig
References
Index
About the Contributors
This iteration of State of the Parties lives up to the legacy of the previous works in the series, most recently State of the Parties 2018 (CH, Feb'19, 56-2560). Offering a balanced mix of work by veteran and emerging scholars, this essay collection recalls the recent history of the two major parties in American politics and then drills down into what makes them the parties that they are. These scholars contextualize the current status of political parties—their structure, their makeup, and their activity—in the turmoil of hyperpartisanship and polarization. The various scholars play to their strengths in terms of both subject matter and methodology. State of the Parties 2022 paints an easily understood, yet detailed and multifaceted picture of the current shape of American politics. The anthology would make a great supplemental text for classes on American political parties; it is sophisticated enough for graduate courses and understandable enough for undergraduates. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.
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