Ballots of Tumult

A Portrait of Volatility in American Voting

By Courtney Brown

Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Hardcover : 9780472102501, 248 pages, tables, figures, 6 x 9, August 1991
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.23411
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Contents

Chapter 1. Political Competition in a Volatile Electorate     1
Chapter 2. Concepts of Change     13
Chapter 3. An Algebra of Partisan Change     23
Chapter 4. Mass Dynamics of U.S. Presidential Competitions, 1928-36     45
Chapter 5. Third-Party Dynamics     79
Chapter 6. When Women Came to the Party     129
Chapter 7. Stability and Complexity in the Congressional Mobilization Cycle     149
Chapter 8. The Meaning of Volatility     193

Appendix
Estimation     203
References     217
Index     227

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A study of the volatile nature of American politics

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