PLS 303
Elections and Voting Behavior
Roger C. Lowery, Ph.D.

PLS 303
Textbook Chapter Outlines

Stephen Wayne
The Road to the White House 2004
  1. Presidential Selection:  A Historical Overview
    ◦  Proslavery Origins of Electoral College
     
  2. Campaign Finance
     
  3. The Political Environment
    ◦  Centrist Public v. Polarized Government
    ◦  Abramowitz:      The Case for Weighting Partisan Identification
     
  4. The Race for Delegates
     
  5. Spring Interregnum:  Consolidating Victory and Posturing for the Election
    ◦  Electoral-Vote Outcome by State, 1980-2000
     ◦  State-by-state polling results, 2004
     
  6. Organization, Strategy, and Tactics
    ◦  The Science of Voter Mobilization
    ◦  Politics and the Pulpit
    ◦  Voter Turnout Study
     
  7. Media Politics
     
  8. Understanding Presidential Elections
     
  9. Reforming the Electoral System
Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, and David Rhode
Change and Continuity in the 2000 & 2002 Elections
  1. The Nomination Struggle
     
  2. The General Election Campaign
     
  3. The Election Results
    ◦  2004 Electoral Votes
    ◦  2004 Senate Results
    ◦  2004 House Results
     ◦  2004 Gubernatorial Results
     
  4. Who Voted?
     
  5. Social Forces and the Vote
     
  6. Candidates, Issues, and the Vote
     
  7. Presidential Performance and Candidate Choice
     
  8. Party Loyalties, Policy Preferences, and the Vote
    ◦  Grassroots Republicanism
     
  9. Candidates and Outcomes in 2000
  10. The Congressional Electorate in 2000
  11. The 2002 Congressional Elections
     
  12. The 2000 & 2002 Elections and the Future of American Politics