Fault Lines: Why the Republicans Lost Congress (Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415993628 ISBN 13: 9780415993623

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

In some years elections bring about enduring changes to the American political scene. In 2006, a pivotal election year, the Republicans suffered a resounding defeat, losing the House and Senate for the first time since the 1994 "Republican Revolution." But what caused this pivotal shift? Fault Lines provides both a wealth of insight regarding what happened in the 2006 congressional elections and a framework to aid in understanding the possible significance of the 2006 outcome for subsequent developments in American politics.

Contributors to Fault Lines, who all draw on the data from the 2006 Congressional Elections Study, include many of the nation’s most prominent and accomplished observers of Congress and congressional elections. This book promises to be an influential contribution to our understanding of Congress, congressional elections, the Bush administration, media and politics, political communication, and partisan polarization.

About this title

About the Author

Jeffery J. Mondak is the James M. Benson Chair of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dona-Gene Mitchell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415993628
• ISBN 13: 9780415993623
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Mondak Jeffery, Mitchell Dona-Gene