The Politics of Congressional Elections

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Pearson Longman, 2004 - Political Science - 280 pages

Among the new class of inductees into the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, this completely revised and updated edition continues to offer readers an authoritative and engaging account of what goes on in congressional elections.

Bringing everything up-to-date, this Sixth Edition of Gary Jacobson's classic work analyzes recent electoral trends in Congress and demonstrates how electoral politics reflect and shape other basic components of our political system.

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Contents

The Context
5
Congressional Candidates
23
Money in Congressional Elections
41
Copyright

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