Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections

Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, David W. Rohde

SAGE Publications, 2010 - Presidents - 427 pages

One of the first texts to make use of the 2008 National Election Study results, this new edition of Change and Continuity will put the momentous recent elections into historical context for your students.

Questions considered include:

• What were the impact of race and gender in this election cycle?
• How did fundraising during the “invisible primary” shape the nomination contest?
• To what extent did youth participation determine the outcome of the election?
• What effect did new media have on the campaign and voter turnout?
• What role did the economic crisis play in voters’ choices?
• Was 2008 a year for partisan realignment of the electorate?

This well-respected author team delves deeply into each area, armed with an array of thorough, yet student-friendly data, graphics, and figures. As with all books in the Change and Continuity series, the authors present election data from a variety of sources in a straightforward, accessible manner and make sure to incorporate and discuss the most recent research.

Contents

• The 2008 Presidential Election: 1
• The Nomination Struggle: 14
• The General Election Campaign: 38

About the author

Paul R. Abramson is professor of political science at Michigan State University. He is coauthor of ValueChange in Global Perspective (1995) and author of Political Attitudes in America (1983), The Political Socialization of Black Americans (1977), and Generational Change in American Politics (1975).

John H. Aldrich is Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is author of Why Parties: A Second Look (2011), coeditor of Positive Changes in Political Science (2007), and author of Why Parties (1995) and Before the Convention (1980). He is a past president of both the Southern Political Science Association and the Midwest Political Science Association and is serving as president of the American Political Science Association. In 2001 he was elected a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

David W. Rohde is Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program at Duke University. He is coeditor of Why Not Parties? (2008), author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House (1991), coeditor of Home Style and Washington Work (1989), and coauthor of Supreme Court Decision Making (1976).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections; Change & Continuity in the Elections
• Authors: Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, David W. Rohde
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2010
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Sep 10, 2011
• ISBN: 1604265205, 9781604265200
• Length: 427 pages