Elections Articles from APSA Journals

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Symposia and Collected Topics:

• Symposium: The Future of Election Reform in the States 
• Election 2006
• Election 2004 
• eSymposium - Soft Money 
• Symposium: Voting Gap in the 2004 Election
• Symposium: Asian American Americans and the New Minority Politics

Other Articles:

The Colbert Bump in Campaign Donations: More Truthful than Truthy 
James Fowler, University of California, San Diego
(PS: Political Science and Politics, July 2008)

Spouses as Campaign Surrogates: Strategic Appearances by Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates' Wives in the 2004 Election 
Susan A. MacManus, University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
Andrew F. Quecan, University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
(PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2008)

Effects of “In-Your-Face” Television Discourse on Receptions of a Legitimate Opposition 
Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
(The American Political Science Review, November 2007)

"Cycles in American National Electoral Politics, 1854–2006: Statistical Evidence and an Explanatory Model"
Samuel Merrill, III, Bernard Grofman, and Thomas L. Brunell
(The American Political Science Review, February 2008)

"Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment"
Alan S. Gerber, Donlad P. Green, and Christopher W. Larimer
(The American Political Science Review, February 2008)

“The Voting Rights Act and the Election of Nonwhite Officials”
Pei-te Lien, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Christine M. Sierra
(PS: Political Science and Politics, July 2007)

"Buying Expertise: Campaign Contributions and Attention to Policy Analysis in Congressional Committees"
Kevin M. Esterling
(The American Political Science Review, February 2007)

"Desperately Seeking Standards: The Court's Frustrating Attempts to Limit Political Gerrymandering"
Charles Backstrom, Samuel Krislov, and Leonard Robins 
(PS: Political Science and Politics, July 2006)

"Whites as a Minority and the New Biracial Coalition in New Orleans and Memphis"
Baodong Liu (PS: Political Science and Politics, Jan. 2006)

"How Many Voters Change Their Minds in the Month Preceding an Election?"
Andre Blais (PS: Political Science and Politics, Oct. 2004)

"Five Years Later: A Re-Assessment of Oregon's Vote by Mail Electoral Process"
Priscilla L. Southwell (PS, Jan. 2004)

"Americans Abroad: The Challenge of a Globalized Electorate"
Taylor E. Dark III (PS: Political Science and Politics, Oct. 2003)

"Anatomy of a Rally Effect: George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism"
Marc J. Hetherington, Michael Nelson (PS: Political Science and Politics, Jan. 2003)

"Presidential Vote Models: A Recount"
Larry M. Bartels, John Zaller (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Modeling the Future: Lessons from the Gore Forecast"
Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Charles Tien (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"On Forecasting the Presidential Vote"
Christopher Wlezien (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"The Referendum that Didn't Happen: The Forecasts of the 2000 Presidential Election"
James E. Campbell (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Forecasting with Mixed Economic Signals: A Cautionary Tale"
Thomas M. Holbrook (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Primary Colors: A Mixed Blessing for Al Gore"
Helmut Norpoth (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"It's Perot Stupid! The Legacy of the 1992 Perot Movement in the Major-Party System, 1992-2000"
Walter J. Stone, Ronald B. Rapoport (PS, Mar. 2001)

"Law and Data: The Butterfly Ballot Episode"
Henry E. Brady, Michael C. Herron, Walter R. Mebane, Jasjeet Singh Sekhon, Kenneth W. Shotts, Jonathan Wand (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Popular Myths about Popular Vote-Electoral College Splits"
Brian J. Gaines (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"George W. Bush and the Ghosts of Presidents Past"
Fred I. Greenstein (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Bipartisan Governing: Possible, Yes; Likely, No"
Barbara Sinclair (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 2001)

"Drivers Wanted: Motor Voter and the Election of 1996"
Stephen Knack (PS, Jun. 1999)

"Explaining Success and Failure in the 1998 Midterm Elections: Comparing the Influence of Swing Voters and Core Party Supporters"
Alan I. Abramowitz (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 1999)

"Untangled Web: Internet Use during the 1998 Election"
David A. Dulio; Donald L. Goff; James A. Thurber (PS: Political Science and Politics, Mar. 1999)

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