Attack politics
Subtitle: negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960
By: Emmett H. Buell Jr. and Lee Sigelman.
Contributors: Sigelman, Lee.
Series: Studies in government and public policy
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780700615612
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.; Political campaigns -- United States -- History.; Political candidates -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Negativity and presidential campaigns; value: The runaway races of 1964, 1972, and 1984; value: The somewhat competitive races of 1988, 1992, and 1996; value: The comeback races of 1968 and 1976; value: The dead heat race of 1960; value: The dead heat race of 1980; value: The dead heat races of 2000 and 2004; value: Summary and synthesis : have presidential campaigns become more negative?; value: Appendix: Cold War background to 1960 presidential contest.