Midterms and Mandates

Electoral Reassessment of Presidents and Parties

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Patrick Andelic, Mark Mclay, Robert Mason, University of Glasgow) Mclay, Mark (Lecturer in American History, University of Edinburgh) Mason, Robert (Professor of Twentieth-Century U.S. History; History, Mark McLay

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Midterm elections have forced presidents to adjust course and have heralded the rise or fall of new party coalitions, yet they remain understudied in comparison to their presidential counterparts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the American presidency by analysing the significance of midterm elections in the United States. Midterms not only provide an important opportunity for voters to evaluate the record of a president so far, but also have consequences for an administration’s pursuit of the president’s agenda over the two years that follow. As the essays in this collection show, midterms modify in crucial ways the mandate that a president gained at the time of their election to the White House. The volume integrates contributions from political scientists and historians to create a truly multidisciplinary understanding of the interplay between midterm elections and the American presidency.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-05-31
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Perspectives on the American Presidency
Antal sidor240
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474478199

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Preface: Why Midterms Matter - Julia R. AzariIntroduction: Midterms and Mandates, Presidents and Parties - Patrick Andelic, Mark McLay & Robert MasonPart I: Midterm Elections in Institutional Context1. Presidents and Midterm Loss - Andrew Rudalevige2. From Election to Re-election: The Electoral Politics of Presidency and Party, 1960–2012 - Sarah Tiplady3. Accountability Regimes, Partisanship, and Midterm Mandates: Midterms in Contemporary America - Nadia HilliardPart II: Testing the New Deal Coalition4. Swing Time: The New Deal Midterms of 1934 and 1938 - Iwan Morgan5. The Domestic Politics of War: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 1942 Midterm Elections - Andrew Johnstone6. Midterm Elections, the Republican Party, and the Challenge to New Deal Liberalism, 1946–1958 - Robert Mason7. ‘Peace Need Not Be Poison at the Polls’: John F. Kennedy and the Challenge of the Right in the 1962 Midterms - Mark EastwoodPart III: The Republican Resurgence8. War on Poverty Stalled, Nixon Recalled: Republican Revival and the 1966 Midterm Elections - Mark McLay9. ‘The Power of Their Votes’: Richard Nixon, the Silent Majority, and the 1970 Midterm Elections - Sarah Thelen10. ‘Democrats Dominate’: The Democratic Party in Congress and the Midterms of 1974 and 1978 - Patrick Andelic11. The Favourite Son’s Favourites: Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Home State Effect in the Midterm Elections - Richard Johnson12. The 1986 Midterms: The End of the Reagan Revolution? - Joe Ryan-Hume