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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Making Parties into Machines -- The Tale of Eric Cantor -- What Is Democracy? -- The Direct Primary in America -- The Accidental Nature of Parties -- Parties and Democracy -- Chapter 2 Parties Ascendant -- Creating a Political Party without a Model -- Contra Parties: A Brief and Futile Attempt -- Parties at the Beginning -- The First Party Organizations -- The Populist Turn -- State and Local Party Development -- Rise of the Machines -- Machines Overpower Democracy -- Change Comes to the Machine -- Chapter 3 What the Progressives Were For

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Turning Lemons into Lemonade? Party Strategy as Compensation for External Stresses -- 1.1 Plan of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: This Is Trump Country: Donald Trump's Base and Partisan Change in Unhyphenated America -- 2.1 The Ethnicity of Americans -- 2.2 The Demography, Geography, and Politics of the Unhyphenated -- 2.3 Unhyphenated Americans and Donald Trump -- 2.4 The 2016 General Election in Unhyphenated America -- 2.5 Unhyphenated America and the Challenge to the Parties -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Parties and Populism in 2016 -- 3.1 Populism and Parties in US History -- 3.2 Populism in 2016 -- 3.3 Sanders Takes on Establishment Democratic Party Politics -- 3.4 Trump Against the Establishment -- 3.5 Michigan 2016: A Case Study in Populist Messaging -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: From Consensus to Conflict: Political Polarization, the Culture War, and Gay Rights -- 4.1 The Study of Political Polarization and the Culture War: Myth or Reality? -- 4.2 Defining and Assessing Polarization: Averages, Density, and Consensus Versus Conflict -- 4.3 An Empirical Operationalization of Polarization: Consensus to Conflict -- 4.4 From Consensus to Polarization: Public Opinion on Gay Rights in America: 1970-2016 -- 4.4.1 In to the Headwind: The Anti-Gay Rights Consensus, 1970-1988 -- 4.4.2 Sowing the Wind: An Emergent Social Conflict on Gay Rights, 1988-1991 -- 4.4.3 Reaping the Whirlwind: The Culture War on Gay Rights, 1991-2016 -- 4.5 Data -- 4.6 Empirical Analysis of Trends in POCP for Gay Rights, 1971-2016 -- 4.6.1 Models and Methods -- 4.6.2 Analysis: Exploring the Path from Consensus to Conflict on Gay Rights -- 4.7 From Consensus to Conflict: The Collapse of Consensus and Rise of Polarization on Gay Rights

This book addresses the changing electoral and political circumstances in which American political parties found themselves during the 2016 election, and the strategic adaptations this new pressure may require. The respective establishments of both major political parties have found themselves facing serious challenges. Some observers wondered if realignment was in progress, and whether the parties could survive. Both grounded in research and accessible to more than just academics, this book provides important insights into how political parties can move forward from 2016.

Judicial decisions are an integral part of American politics and,
despite the presence of written and explicated opinions of federal
judges, the internal deliberations and decision making processes of
judges themselves remains a mystery to many. A burgeoning body of
literature focuses on the use of simulations to engage students and
bridge theory to practical application. Few simulations target the
judicial component of politics, despite its natural disposition for
group participation in a simulation project. Richard J. (Rick) Hardy is the director of the
Institute for Leadership in Civic Education, director of the
National Institute for Advanced Civic Studies (sponsored by the
Center for Civic Education), and assistant director of the
Honors College at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He
regularly teaches courses in American politics, constitutional
law, and the Supreme Court. His publications include:
Government in America (Houghton Mifflin),
Missouri Government and Politics (Missouri
Press), Civic Education (Pearson), and
Politics: The Art of Drawing Dividing Lines
(Thomson). Hardy also serves as a political commentator for
numerous national outlets and is a presidential elector in the
Electoral College. Chapman Rackaway teaches courses in American
government, political campaign management, political parties,
and voting behavior at Fort Hays State University. He is the
director and advisor for the Political Campaigns and Management
tract at FHSU. He has published in the Journal of
Politics and has consulted on numerous state and
national political races. Laurie E. Sonnier currently teaches
social studies courses at St. Martin high school in Ocean
Springs, Mississippi. She earned her B.A. in political science
at the University of Southern Mississippi and her M.Ed. in
Education from Bowie State University. Laurie has won numerous
teaching awards and has been actively involved with the National
Council for the Social Studies and the Center for Civic
Education. She is the co-editor of Voices of Advocacy in
American Democracy (Pearson).

Theory suggests that eligible voters should be more likely to cast ballots when election margins are close. Empirical evidence, however, is mixed. Operational definitions of key concepts such as turnout & election closeness are often inconsistent & limited in application to two-party systems. This paper provides a more generalized test of the turnout-competition link in electoral districts. Data are 1993 & 1997 constituency-level election results for the Canadian House of Commons. Canada provides an excellent case for comparison because it has single-member districts, plurality elections, both national & regional parties, & multiparty competition throughout the nation. Several alternative measures for "turnout" & "closeness" are evaluated in the context of multiparty elections. A new index of competitiveness is developed. Multicandidate measures of closeness are related to higher levels of voter participation in Canadian federal elections. 6 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 Appendix, 46 References. Adapted from the source document.