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The American Election 2012

Contexts and Consequences

  • Editors
  • R. Ward Holder
  • Peter B. Josephson
Book

Part of the Elections, Voting, Technology book series (EVT)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The American Election 2012—Contexts and Consequences

    1. Introduction: The American Election 2012—Contexts and Consequences
      R. Ward Holder, Peter B. Josephson
      Pages 1-5

  3. The State of the Parties in 2012

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Consequences of Party Reform in the Twenty-First Century
      Terri Susan Fine
      Pages 9-20
    3. Closed for Repairs so It Can Reengage with the World: Prospects for Reforming the Republican Party
      Douglas M. Brattebo
      Pages 21-35
    4. The 2012 Elections and the Southern Roots of Polarized Politics: The Continuing Power of Southern Conservatives after Obama’s Reelection
      Neal Allen
      Pages 37-47
    5. The Ever-Widening Gap: Gender and the 2012 Presidential Election
      Derya Rix
      Pages 49-58
    6. Data, America’s Shifting Landscape, and the Meaning of 2012
      Dante Chinni
      Pages 59-66

  4. Emerging Strategies in the 2012 Campaign

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 67-67
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    2. Are Super PACs Arms of Political Parties? A Study of Coordination
      Dante J. Scala
      Pages 69-80
    3. Economic Appeals in Unequal Communities: Stump Speeches in the 2012 Presidential Election
      Christopher B. Chapp
      Pages 81-95
    4. Casualties of the Ground War: Personal Contacting and Its Discontents
      Robert G. Boatright
      Pages 97-113
    5. Unfriendly to Women? Female Politicians, Rape Comments, and the GOP in 2012
      Jennifer C. Lucas, Tauna S. Sisco
      Pages 115-128
    6. Weighing in or Waiting: When, Whether, and Whom Republican Officeholders Endorsed in 2012
      Kevin J. Parsneau, Christopher J. Galdieri
      Pages 129-142

  5. Implications of the 2012 Election: Domestic and Foreign Policies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 143-143
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    2. The Past as Prologue: Obama, Health Care, and the Election of 2012
      Anne Marie Cammisa
      Pages 145-157
    3. Healthcare Spending and Prevention within the Affordable Care Act: Contrasting the Public Health and Medical Models of Prevention
      T. Lucas Hollar
      Pages 159-170
    4. Natural Uncertainty: Reconciling the Contrasting Environmental Goals of America’s First Natural Security President—Barack Obama
      Mark O’Gorman
      Pages 171-185
    5. Federal Judicial Vacancies: Obama’s Record and Prospects
      Susan Siggelakis
      Pages 187-198
    6. The Politics of Presidential Foreign Policy: Unilateral Authority and the Role of Congress
      Bryan W. Marshall, Brandon C. Prins
      Pages 199-213
    7. Decline or Not: America’s Continued Primacy in the Persian Gulf
      Wesley Renfro, Marc O’Reilly
      Pages 215-227

  6. Faith and Politics: 2012 and Beyond

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 229-229
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    2. Courting the Catholic Vote: Obama, Romney, and the US Catholic Bishops in the 2012 Presidential Election
      Richard J. Powell, Mark D. Brewer
      Pages 231-248
    3. Catholic Vice Presidential Candidates and the Politics of Abortion: The 2012 Debate in Context
      Angela Senander
      Pages 249-258
    4. What Romney’s Nomination Means for Mormons and the Presidency
      Luke Perry
      Pages 259-268
    5. The Liberal State and the Gay Marriage Debate: Lessons from American Catholic Thought
      Aaron Taylor
      Pages 269-278
    6. Obama and the Common Good
      Daniel J. Daly
      Pages 279-289
    7. The Rise of the Liberal Protestant? Faith and Politics in the Obama Administration
      R. Ward Holder, Peter B. Josephson
      Pages 291-300
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 301-362
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About this book

Introduction

Elections capture a sense of national identity and imply a future direction for the nation. The book seeks to unravel how elections and policies act together dynamically by analyzing parties, strategies, foreign and domestic policies, and the role of religion in political dialogue.

Keywords

campaign election elections foreign policy gender national identity Policy prevention Protest reform The Republic

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