Special Elections
The Backdoor Entrance to Congress
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 15 April 2021
- ISBN 9780197540626
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages228 pages
- Size 160x236x22 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English 204
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Short description:
Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death, scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special elections are held to fill vacancies. This book is the first large-scale scholarly treatment of special elections: both in terms of explaining what factors influence outcomes and in determining whether special elections are bellwethers for general elections. Based on 75 years of data, Charles S. Bullock, III and Karen L. Owen closely examine several competitive special elections during the first two years of the Trump era and quantitatively assess the almost 300 House special elections held since World War II.
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Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death, scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special elections are held to fill vacancies. In fact, a number of prominent political figures, including Lyndon Johnson, Nancy Pelosi, and John Dingell, began their long and distinguished careers through special election to Congress.
While the media often look to special elections as a way of measuring public sentiment on presidential performance, even though voter turnout tends to be significantly lower than in regular elections, these events have rarely attracted academic attention. Oftentimes, studies of these contests lead to generalizations about how a party should proceed if it hopes to wrest a seat away from the opposition in a special election.
This book is the first large-scale scholarly treatment of special elections: both in terms of explaining what factors influence outcomes and in determining whether special elections are bellwethers for general elections. Charles S. Bullock, III and Karen L. Owen argue that special elections offer parties a testing ground for messaging and strategies for mobilizing voters in anticipation of general elections. Moreover, these elections provide opportunities for diversification of Congress as reduced commitment to resources for campaigning has led more women and candidates of color to compete in them--and win. Based on 75 years of data, the authors closely examine several competitive special elections during the first two years of the Trump era and quantitatively assess the almost 300 House special elections held since World War II.
Although nearly 300 special elections have been used to fill vacancies in the U.S. House during the past 75 years, surprisingly little scholarly attention has been devoted to the subject. Bullock and Owen remedy this oversight by analyzing all special elections since 1945, with particular emphasis on special elections occurring in 2017-18. This insightful new book fills a sizable gap in our understanding of congressional elections by evaluating the politics associated with using the 'backdoor' entrance to Congress.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Place of Special Elections
Chapter 2: The Special Election Primary in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District
Chapter 3: The 2017 Runoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District
Chapter 4: Other Special Elections Held in the Wake of Trump's Win
Chapter 5: Money, Money Everywhere but Did it Make Any Difference?
Chapter 6: Do Special Elections Tell Anything about Upcoming General Elections?
Chapter 7: Wrapping Up
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