Format:
1 online resource (307 pages)
ISBN:
9781442225848
Content:
Bringing together leading political geographers and political scientists, this atlas analyzes and maps the campaigns, primaries, general election, and key state referenda in the hotly contested 2012 elections.
Content:
Intro -- Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 ELECTORAL STRUCTURES -- Reapportionment -- The Electoral College and the 2012 Presidential Election -- Redistricting: The Process -- US House Districts and the Republican "Gerrymander" of 2012 -- Phantom Constituents in the 2012 Election -- Chapter 3 PRIMARY ELECTIONS -- Overview of the Republican Primary Elections -- Iowa Republican Precinct Caucuses -- Florida Republican Primary Election -- Ohio Republican Primary Election -- Chapter 4 THE CAMPAIGN -- Overview of the Campaign -- Donorsheds: Individual Contributions to Obama and Romney -- Campaign Expenditures in the 2012 Election -- Campaign Stops -- Geographic Place Name Use in the 2012 Presidential Debates -- Newspaper Endorsements -- Ballot Access in the 2012 Election -- Chapter 5 OUTCOMES -- Results of the 2012 Presidential Election at the State and County Levels -- The 2012 Presidential Election in Historical Perspective -- Metropolitan Concentration of the Democratic Vote -- Micropolitan County Voting -- Politics in the Diversifying Suburbs -- Chapter 6 REGIONS -- Northeast -- Appalachia -- Southeast -- Midwest -- Great Plains -- Mountain West -- Pacific Region -- Chapter 7 SUBGROUPS OF THE POPULATION -- Vote for President and Characteristics of United States Counties -- Hispanic Voting in the 2012 Presidential Election -- Asian-American Voting -- The Bible Belt and the 2012 Elections -- Religion and the 2012 Presidential Election -- Chapter 8 ISSUES AND CONGRESSIONAL VOTES -- Health Care in the 2012 Elections -- Foreign Policy in the 2012 Presidential Election -- Environmental and Energy Ballot Measures in the 2012 Elections -- Membership, Party, and Caucuses in the 113th Congress -- The 2013 Farm Bill Controversy -- Other Votes in the 113th House of Representatives -- Chapter 9 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442225831
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442225831
Language:
English
Keywords:
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