Making Political Choices

Harold D. Clarke is the Ashbel Smith Professor in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Allan Kornberg is the Norb F. Schaefer Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the co-author, with Harold Clarke, of Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 1992) and has written widely in books and journals on political parties, legislatures, and comparative political behavior. Thomas J. Scotto is Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His research interests are in American and Canadian electoral behavior and public opinion, and he has published articles in journals such as Electoral Studies and the Journal of Politics.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPreface1. Political Choices and Valence Politics 2. Flawless Campaign, Fragile Victory: The 2006 Canadian Federal Election3. Too Close to Call: The 2004 Canadian Federal Election4. Red Voters, Blue Voters: The 2004 American Presidential Election5. Doing Politics His Way: The 2000 American Presidential Election6. A Big Blue Wave: The 2006 American Congressional Election7. Mulroney, Reagan, and Three Big Elections8. At the Polls? Why (Some) People Vote 9. Political Choices ReconsideredReferencesIndex by NameIndex by Subject

Making Political Choices: Canada and the United States is a fascinating, evidence-based journey through some of the problematic and highly dramatic elections held in the United States and Canada over the last 30 years. - American Review of Canadian Studies