For Better or Worse?

David A. Dulio

Description

For Better or Worse? offers a fresh look at how professional campaign consultants have both positive and negative effects on democracy in the United States. Questioning much of the prevailing conventional wisdom, David A. Dulio employs a unique set of data that empirically examines consultants' own attitudes and beliefs to evaluate where they stand in modern democratic elections. Furthermore, he explores their relationships with candidates, voters, political parties, and the media, revealing that political consultants play an integral role in U.S. elections.

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Consultants Enter the Electioneering Mix

3. Who are these Guys Anyway?

4. Electoral Connections: Consultants, Candidates, Voters, and the Press

5. Party Favors?: Have Consultants Replaced Political Parties?

6. Consultants' Effects on Candidate Fund-raising and Electoral Success

7. For Better or Worse--What Hath the Consultants Wrought?

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• Political party

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791485323
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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For Better or Worse?

How Political Consultants are Changing Elections in the United States

David A. Dulio

For Better or Worse?

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For Better or Worse?

How Political Consultants are Changing Elections in the United States

David A. Dulio

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2004 State University of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dulio, David A. For better or worse? : how political consultants are changing elections in the United States / David A. Dulio. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references amd index. ISBN 0-7914-6043-6 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6044-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Political consultants—United States. 2. Political campaigns—United States. 3. Campaign management—United States. 4. Campaign funds—United States. I. Title.

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List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction 2. Consultants Enter the Electioneering Mix 3. Who are these Guys Anyway? 4. Electoral Connections: Consultants, Candidates, Voters, and the Press 5. Party Favors?: Have Consultants Replaced Political Parties? 6. Consultants’ Effects on Candidate Fund-raising and Electoral Success 7. For Better or Worse—What Hath the Consultants Wrought? Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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2.1 Voting Age Population, 1932–1998 2.2 Republican and Democratic Party Fund-raising in Midterm Elections, 1978–1998 2.3 Republican and Democratic Party Fund-raising in Presidential Elections, 1979–2000 3.1 Average Age of Consultants, Members of the U.S. House, Candidates, Campaign Activists, and the General Public 3.2 Average Income of Consultants, Members of the U.S. House, Campaign Activists, and the General Public

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