Divided GovernmentThe 1994 Mid-Term elections, the Republican Revolution that returned control of both Houses of Congress to the Republicans for the first time in over 40 years, returned us to the state of divided government that has been the political norm since the 1950s. In this timely new revision of his instant classic, Morris Fiorina outlines the causes and consequences of ticket-splitting and divided government. |
Contents
UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL DIVIDED GOVERNMENT | 10 |
CHAPTER 3 | 24 |
TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF PARTY CONTROL | 31 |
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