Foreman, Sean D.
The Roads to Congress 2016
Part I. Setting the Context
1. Sorting Out the 2016 U.S. Elections
Sean D. Foreman
2. Voting Behavior in the 114th Congress
Patrick Hickey
3. Voter Suppression Policies in the 2016 Campaign Cycle
Daniel E. Smith
4. What to Tweet when the Top Is Toxic? Gauging References to the 2016 Presidential Candidates in House Members’ Social Media Posts
Bryan T. Gervais
5. Broken, Cracked, and Missed Ceilings: Female and Minority Candidates in the Congressional Races of 2016
Kimberly L. Casey, Jessica Loyet Gracey
Part II. U.S. House of Representatives
6. California 49th Congressional District: A Near Upset in the Golden State
Laura J. Brantley, Marcia L. Godwin
7. Colorado Sixth Congressional District: Moderate Policy Positions and Distance from Trump Help a Republican Incumbent Fight off Another Strong Democratic Challenge
Josalyn Williams, Katherine Runge, Anand Edward Sokhey, Josh M. Ryan
8. Florida Congressional Districts: The Names Change but Party Domination Stays the Same
Sean D. Foreman
9. Illinois 10th Congressional District: Re-rematch in Chicago Suburbs
Jeffrey Ashley, Miles Williams
10. Iowa First Congressional District: Anomaly or New Normal?
Donna R. Hoffman, Christopher W. Larimer
11. New York’s 19th, 22nd, and 24th Congressional Districts: Republicans Hold On in One of the Bluest of States
Jeffrey Kraus
12. Texas District 23:
Walter Clark Wilson
13. Wisconsin Eighth Congressional District: From Swing Seat to Solidly Republican?
Aaron Weinschenk
Part III. U.S. Senate
14. Arizona Senate Race: McCain Holds on for a Sixth Term
Tom Lansford
15. California Senate Race: The Anointing of Kamala Harris
Marcia L. Godwin
16. Colorado Senate Race: Republicans Expect to Capture Second Straight Senate Seat, but Fall Short
Kyle D. McEvilly, William K. Hall
17. Florida Senate Race: If This Campaign Had Been a Prize Fight—They Would Have Stopped It
Peter J. Bergerson
18. Louisiana Senate Race: Republicans Hold the Deep South
Joshua Stockley
19. Missouri Senate Race: Now Seeing Red
Kimberly L. Casey
20. Nevada Senate Race: The Reid Machine’s Last Stand
David F. Damore
21. New Hampshire Senate Race: Closest in the Nation
Jennifer Lucas, Tauna S. Sisco, Christopher J. Galdieri
22. Ohio Senate Race: A Summer Campaign
William C. Binning, Melanie J. Blumberg
23. Pennsylvania Senate Race: Calculated Campaigns in a Toss-up State
Melanie J. Blumberg, Michael D. Slaven, William C. Binning, Ellen Mariko Boyle
24. Wisconsin Senate Race: Stunning Upset in the Badger State
Douglas M. Brattebo
Part IV. Conclusion
25. What Have We Learned from the 2016 Elections?
Marcia L. Godwin, Sean D. Foreman
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Electoral Politics, Political Sociology, Cultural Policy and Politics
- Editor
- Foreman, Sean D.
- Godwin, Marcia L.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2018
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 22 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319580944
- Printed ISBN
- 978-3-319-58093-7