Midterms and Mandates: Electoral Reassessment of Presidents and Parties (New Perspectives on the American Presidency) - Softcover

Mark Mclay; Patrick Andelic; Robert Mason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474478190 ISBN 13: 9781474478199

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Midterm elections have forced presidents to adjust course and have heralded the rise or fall of new party coalitions, yet they remain understudied in comparison to their presidential counterparts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the American presidency by analysing the significance of midterm elections in the United States. Midterms not only provide an important opportunity for voters to evaluate the record of a president so far, but also have consequences for an administration's pursuit of the president's agenda over the two years that follow. As the essays in this collection show, midterms modify in crucial ways the mandate that a president gained at the time of their election to the White House. The volume integrates contributions from political scientists and historians to create a truly multidisciplinary understanding of the interplay between midterm elections and the American presidency.

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About the Author

Mark McLay is Lecturer in American History at the University of Glasgow. He contributed to Constructing Presidential Legacy (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and published articles in Journal of Political History and Historical Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474478190
• ISBN 13: 9781474478199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344