Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington - Softcover

Herrnson, Paul S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872899659 ISBN 13: 9780872899650

Publisher: CQ Press, 2011

Synopsis

Combining top-notch research with real-world politics, this sixth edition provides a thorough and evenhanded assessment of congressional campaigns and elections. Herrnson′s popular book argues that successful candidates run two campaigns: one for votes, the other for resources. Using campaign finance data, original survey research, and hundreds of interviews with candidates and political insiders, Herrnson looks at how this dual strategy affects who wins and ultimately the entire electoral system.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul S. Herrnson is director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington, 4th ed. (2004) and Party Campaigning in the 1980s (1988) and coauthor of The Financiers of Congressional Elections (2003). He is coeditor of several volumes, including War Stories from Capitol Hill (2003), Responsible Partisanship? The Evolution of American Political Parties Since 1950 (2003), Multiparty Politics in America, 2nd ed. (2002), and Playing Hardball: Campaigning for the U.S. Congress (2000). He has served as an American Political Science Association congressional fellow and has received several teaching awards, including an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0872899659
• ISBN 13: 9780872899650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 384