David C. Barker is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD from the University of Houston in 1998. He is also the author of Rushed to Judgment? Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American Political Behavior (Columbia University Press, 2002). His research interests include American politics, political behavior and psychology, political communication, campaigns and elections, and religion and politics.Christopher Jan Carman is Senior Research Lecturer in Government at the University of Strathclyde. He received his PhD from the University of Houston in 2000. He is also a co-author of Elections and Voters in Britain, 3rd ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He has served as a consultant for the Scottish Parliament and a psephologist for BBC News.

• Preface ; Chapter 1 Introduction: Saddling the Drunken Mule ; Part I: The Demand Side of Political Representation ; Chapter 2 How Do We Want to be Represented? How Do We Differ? ; Chapter 3 Theory: Cultural Warfare and Styles of Representation in the US ; Chapter 4 Mapping the Cultural and Partisan Divide in Representation Preferences ; Part II: The Fine Art of Pandering ; Chapter 5 Representation Styles, Candidate Cues, and the Voting Booth ; Chapter 6 Constituent Perceptions of Representation Styles and Democratic Accountability ; Chapter 7 Red Representation, Blue Representation ; Chapter 8 Conclusion: Quieting the Stable, Polarizing the Ranch ; Appendices

...very readable and engaging... This is a book that should appeal to a wide audience of political scientists, political ychologists, and anyone interested in politics and/or religion in America today.