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The American Election 2012

Part of the Elections, Voting, Technology Book Series

Editors: Holder, R. Ward; Josephson, Peter B.

DOI: 10.1057/9781137389220

ISBN: 978-1-349-48396-9

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 5, 2015

1 - 10 of 23 Chapters

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Introduction: The American Election 2012—Contexts and Consequences

Holder, R. Ward; Josephson, Peter B.

Pages: 1 –5

[Thirty years after the Reagan Revolution, the 2012 election presented itself as a referendum on the state of American politics and the future of America’s promise. Candidates on both sides of the aisle asserted that this election was a contest for the meaning of the American dream. Both Mitt...
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The Consequences of Party Reform in the Twenty-First Century

Fine, Terri Susan

Pages: 9 –20

[Nominating conventions culminate a lengthy process. Formal public goals of conventions include nominating presidential and vice-presidential candidates and adopting party platforms. Sustained media focus enables parties to introduce rising stars, formulate policy initiatives, strengthen party...
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Closed for Repairs so It Can Reengage with the World: Prospects for Reforming the Republican Party

Brattebo, Douglas M.

Pages: 21 –35

[The Republican Party emerged from the 2012 presidential and congressional elections beleaguered and disoriented. Former Republican standardbearer Bob Dole said, “I think they ought to put a sign on the [Republican] National Committee doors that says closed for repairs until New Year’s Day next...
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The 2012 Elections and the Southern Roots of Polarized Politics: The Continuing Power of Southern Conservatives after Obama’s Reelection

Allen, Neal

Pages: 37 –47

[In 2012, for the second time Barack Obama won the nation but lost the South. The election of a president with a minority of Southern votes and little connection to the region is unique in modern American history. Since the 1920s America has elected presidents who either were from the...
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The Ever-Widening Gap: Gender and the 2012 Presidential Election

Rix, Derya

Pages: 49 –58

[When the 19th amendment passed giving American women the right to vote in 1920, politicians feared that women would vote significantly different from men, changing the dynamics of elections. This fear failed to become reality until recently, when women progressively started to vote more for the...
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Data, America’s Shifting Landscape, and the Meaning of 2012

Chinni, Dante

Pages: 59 –66

[With the 2012 presidential race behind us, the media has turned to its quadrennial post-game analysis of “lessons learned.” How could we do our jobs better? What did we know about the electorate now that we didn’t know before? As a journalist, I know these questions well. They are how we go...
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Are Super PACs Arms of Political Parties? A Study of Coordination

Scala, Dante J.

Pages: 69 –80

[In just two election cycles, “super PACs” have become vehicles for the raising and spending of hundreds of millions of dollars for political campaigns, thanks to a pair of 2010 decisions by the federal courts, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and SpeechNOW.org v. Federal Election...
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Economic Appeals in Unequal Communities: Stump Speeches in the 2012 Presidential Election

Chapp, Christopher B.

Pages: 81 –95

[The 2012 presidential election was, like many elections before it, a referendum on the incumbent administration’s economic stewardship. Romney regularly argued that his own business experience would give the national economy the management it needed, and blamed Obama administration policies for...
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Casualties of the Ground War: Personal Contacting and Its Discontents

Boatright, Robert G.

Pages: 97 –113

[The twenty-first century has been good for those who favor citizen involvement in elections. Voter turnout has rebounded. Record numbers of citizens have contributed money to presidential candidates. New groups such as MoveOn.org have recruited millions of new members. Campaign operations have...
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Unfriendly to Women? Female Politicians, Rape Comments, and the GOP in 2012

Lucas, Jennifer C.; Sisco, Tauna S.

Pages: 115 –128

[When Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock made controversial comments about rape and abortion, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) cancelled a scheduled campaign event with him. This was just months after Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin also made similarly provocative...

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