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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I Setting the Context -- Chapter 1 Sorting Out the 2016 U.S. Elections -- The Setting -- 114th Congress -- The 2016 Campaigns -- Incumbents (Still) Rule -- The Design of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Voting Behavior in the 114th Congress -- What Causes Races to Be Competitive? -- Do Members in Competitive Races Behave Differently Than Other Members? -- Presidential Support and Party Unity -- Key Votes -- Support for Donald Trump -- Voting Behavior in the 114th Congress and the 2016 Election Results -- Analysis -- References -- Chapter 3 Voter Suppression Policies in the 2016 Campaign Cycle -- Two Positive Trends -- The Voter Fraud Myth-Back with a Vengeance -- Voter Suppression 2016-Style -- Analysis -- References -- Chapter 4 What to Tweet when the Top Is Toxic? Gauging References to the 2016 Presidential Candidates in House Members' Social Media Posts -- Toxicity at the Top -- A Brief Review of the Twitter Use of Members of Congress -- References to the In-Party Presidential Candidate Using Official Accounts -- References to the Out-Party Presidential Candidate Using Official Accounts -- Race Competitiveness -- Campaign Accounts -- Reflection on 2016 -- References -- Chapter 5 Broken, Cracked, and Missed Ceilings: Female and Minority Candidates in the Congressional Races of 2016 -- Racial/Ethnic Minorities and Gender: The 2016 Election in Perspective -- Women's Races: Senate -- Women's Races: House of Representatives -- Minority Races: House of Representatives -- LGBT Candidates -- Analysis -- References -- Part II U.S. House of Representatives -- Chapter 6 California 49th Congressional District: A Near Upset in the Golden State -- The 49th Congressional District -- The Candidates -- Darrell Issa -- Doug Applegate

Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral trends in urban politics. Cities are facing varied predicaments. Boston was rocked by the bombing of the marathon on April 15. Detroit is roiled by being the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy, and Chicago, which had an open, competitive election in 2011, is dealing with significant gun violence.

The Roads to Congress 2010 follows the path of seven House and six Senate races from inception to election postmortem. The book provides an array of case studies of important 2010 congressional races which collectively will give college undergraduate students a compelling narrative explanation of America's electoral process and the keys to winning vital elections

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Overview of the 2022 Midterm Elections -- Part II: Primaries and Party Dynamics -- Chapter 2: The Fate of Pro-Impeachment Republicans/Trump Endorses -- Chapter 3: God Talk or Trump Talk: Trump Congressional Endorsees and Partisan Signals -- Chapter 4: Resisting the Wave: Examining Co-partisan Coattail Effects Between the Senate and House 1958-2022 -- Part III: Governing Elections -- Chapter 5: Redistricting for the 2022 Election -- Chapter 6: The Maiden Voyage of Michigan's Redistricting Commission: Winners and Losers -- Chapter 7: Don't Leave Me Hanging: Twenty Years of Florida Elections Post HAVA -- Part IV: Participation and Representation -- Chapter 8: The Impact of Legislative Retirements on Congressional Diversity -- Chapter 9: Voter Turnout: Motivations and Electoral Implications -- Chapter 10: Campaign Donations and Surrogate Representation -- Chapter 11: New Perspectives on Partisanship, Electoral Competition, and Campaign Finance Behavior in congressional Elections -- Part IV: On the Trail: Key Campaigns in 2022 -- Chapter 12: Virginia's 2nd Congressional District: Does Redistricting Matter? -- Chapter 13: Three of a Kind: Iowa's Unique Congressional Competitiveness -- Chapter 14: 2022 New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race -- Chapter 15: 2022 Ohio U.S. Senate Race: A Test of Ohio's Redness and National Political Role -- Chapter 16: 2022 U.S. Nevada Senate Race: The Effects of in-migration and the Rise of Nonpartisan Voters in a Swing State -- Chapter 17: 2022 U.S. Georgia Senate Race -- Chapter 18: 2022 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Race: They Keystone State becomes the Key to a Senate Majority -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Chapter 19: Lessons Learned: A Look Back and the Road Ahead.

Part I. Congress in Transition -- Chapter 1: The 2020 Elections Overview -- Part II. Congressional Campaign and Election Trends -- Chapter 2: Voting by Mail -- Chapter 3: How COVID19 affects the election -- Chapter 4: Sex and Social Media -- Chapter 5: Forecasting the 2020 elections -- Part III. U.S. House of Representatives Case Studies -- Chapter 6: Southern California's Flipped Congressional Districts: Roads to Reelection -- Chapter 7: Florida's 27 Congressional Districts: Some names and faces change but party control stays the same -- Chapter 8: New York's 22nd Congressional District -- Chapter 9: Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District -- Chapter 10: Texas Congressional Districts 22, 23, 24 -- Chapter 11: Virginia's 7th Congressional District -- Part IV. U.S. Senate Case Studies -- Chapter 12: Alabama Senate Campaign -- Chapter 13: Arizona Senate Campaign -- Chapter 14: Iowa Senate Campaign -- Chapter 15: Kansas Senate and House Campaigns -- Chapter 16: Maine Senate Campaign -- Chapter 17: North Carolina Senate Campaign -- Part V. Roads Ahead -- Chapter 18: Lessons Learned from the 2020 Elections.

Part I Congress in Transition -- 1. The 2018 Midterm Elections and the Changing Congress -- 2. Toward a More Inclusive Union? Examining the Increased Diversity of Candidates and Members of Congress -- 3. Fear and Loathing on Twitter: Exploring Negative Rhetoric in Tweets During the 2018 Midterm Election -- 4. Partisanship in the Trump Era: Situating Contemporary Congressional Parties in Historical Perspective -- 5. President Trump's Effect on House Republicans -- Part II U.S. House -- 6. California's 48th Congressional District: Sunset for Reagan Country -- 7. Florida's 26th and 27th Congressional Districts: Two Cuban American Strongholds Support Non-Cuban Democrats for Congress -- 8. Michigan's 11th Congressional District and the Anti-Trump Wave -- 9. Minnesota's 1st and 8th Congressional Districts: Riptide—Two Republicans Prevail Against the Blue Wave -- 10. New York's 19th and 22nd Congressional Districts: The Blue Wave Overwhelms the Red Tide -- 11. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Conor Lamb, the Pennsylvania Wunderkind -- Part III U.S. Senate -- 12. North Dakota Senate Race: A Right Turn -- 13. A Senate Trifecta: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia -- 14. Tennessee Senate Race: Call It What You Want, but Tennessee Is a Red Wall to the South -- 15. Texas Senate Race: "If You Want to Run in Texas, You Can't Be a Liberal Man"—Beto O'Rourke Challenges Ted Cruz, and Conventional Wisdom -- Part IV Roads Ahead -- 16. Lessons Learned from the 2018 Elections

This book provides sensible analysis of overarching themes (performance of the 113th Congress, voting laws, campaign finance, and use of social media) from the 2014 campaign cycle, as well as case studies of important congressional races. Collectively, the concepts and cases give a compelling narrative explanation of America's electoral process and the keys to winning vital elections.

Jacob and Schultz examine in this new and updated volume the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 US presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties, seem repeatedly to be the focus of candidate attention and capable of voting for either of the major candidates and being decisive in determining who wins the presidency.

This book examines the phenomena of presidential swing states, exploring why some are capable of being decisive in determining who wins the presidency. Students in classes on American Politics and Government, Campaigns and Elections, State Politics, and the Presidency will all be well-served by this volume, as will journalists.

The book provides timely analyses of overarching themes (voting laws, campaign finance and redistricting) from the 2012 campaign cycle as well as case studies of important 2012 congressional races. Collectively the concepts and cases will give college undergraduate students a compelling narrative explanation of America's electoral process and the keys to winning vital elections