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Unconventional wisdom : facts and myths about American voters / Karen M. Kaufmann, John R. Petrocik, Daron R. Shaw.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: viii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195366846 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0195366840 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780195366839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0195366832 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.973 22
LOC classification:
  • JK1967 .K38 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Facts and myths about American voters : an introduction -- Americans hate to love their party, but they do! -- Are American voters polarized? -- Who swings? -- Soccer moms and other myths about the gender gap -- The young and not-so-restless voters -- The partisan bias of turnout -- Campaign effects in the twenty-first century -- Hard facts and conventional wisdom as we look to the future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index.

Preface -- Facts and myths about American voters : an introduction -- Americans hate to love their party, but they do! -- Are American voters polarized? -- Who swings? -- Soccer moms and other myths about the gender gap -- The young and not-so-restless voters -- The partisan bias of turnout -- Campaign effects in the twenty-first century -- Hard facts and conventional wisdom as we look to the future.

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