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Special Elections - The Backdoor Entrance to Congress (Hardcover)
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Special Elections - The Backdoor Entrance to Congress (Hardcover)
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Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly
scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death,
scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special
elections are held to fill vacancies. In fact, a number of
prominent political figures, including Lyndon Johnson, Nancy
Pelosi, and John Dingell, began their long and distinguished
careers through special election to Congress. While the media often
look to special elections as a way of measuring public sentiment on
presidential performance, even though voter turnout tends to be
significantly lower than in regular elections, these events have
rarely attracted academic attention. Oftentimes, studies of these
contests lead to generalizations about how a party should proceed
if it hopes to wrest a seat away from the opposition in a special
election. This book is the first large-scale scholarly treatment of
special elections: both in terms of explaining what factors
influence outcomes and in determining whether special elections are
bellwethers for general elections. Charles S. Bullock, III and
Karen L. Owen argue that special elections offer parties a testing
ground for messaging and strategies for mobilizing voters in
anticipation of general elections. Moreover, these elections
provide opportunities for diversification of Congress as reduced
commitment to resources for campaigning has led more women and
candidates of color to compete in them-and win. Based on 75 years
of data, the authors closely examine several competitive special
elections during the first two years of the Trump era and
quantitatively assess the almost 300 House special elections held
since World War II.
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