Fault lines
Subtitle: why the Republicans lost Congress
By: edited by Jeffery J. Mondak, Dona-Gene Mitchell.
Contributors: Mondak, Jeffery J., 1962-; Mitchell, Dona-Gene.
Series: Controversies in electoral democracy and representation
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780415993616; 9780415993623; 9780203890905
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946-; United States. -- Congress -- Elections, 2006; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 21st century; Elections -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: "In some years elections bring about enduring changes to the American political scene. In 2006, a pivotal election year, the Republicans suffered a resounding defeat, losing the House and Senate for the first time since the 1994 "Republican Revolution." But what caused this pivotal shift? The essays in Fault Lines provide both a wealth of insight regarding what happened in the 2006 congressional elections and a framework to aid in understanding the possible significance of the 2006 outcome for subsequent developments in American politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context for defeat / Dona-Gene Mitchell and Jeffery J. Mondak; title: 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; title: Polarization, attribution, and communication networks in the 2006 congressional elections / Matthew Buttice, Robert Huckfeldt and John Barry Ryan; title: Candidate entry, voter response and partisan tides in the 2002 and 2006 elections / Walter J. Stone ... [et al.]; title: Abramoff, email, and the mistreated mistress : scandal and character in the 2006 elections / David J. Hendry, Robert A. Jackson and Jeffery J. Mondak; title: Perceptions and realities of issue voting / Dona-Gene Mitchell; title: The president, the war, and voting behavior in the 2006 House elections / Gary C. Jacobson; title: Americans' perceptions of the nature of governing / John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Eric Whitaker.