Campaigns and Elections:

"An excellent combination of perceptive scholarship and case studies written by scholars and practitioners, which places political campaigning in a realistic perspective."—James W. Witt, Perspectives on Politics

• Introduction.
• CURRENT ISSUES IN CAMPAIGNS.
• Inside the War Room: Political Consultants in Modern Campaigns—D.A. Dulio.
• Campaign Pollsters and Polling: Manipulating the Voter or Taking the Electorate's Pulse?—S.K. Medvic.
• The Technological Evolution of Campaigns: A Look at New and Emerging Practices—J.M. Whitman and J.W. Perkins Jr.
• Case: Incumbency and Issue Advocacy in Pennsylvania's Thirteenth District—R. Kolodny and S.L. Suárez.
• Case: Violating the "Appearance Standard": A Local Campaign Controversy—E.M. Yager Jr.
• CURRENT ISSUES IN ELECTIONS.
• Partisan Politics in a Nonpartisan Society—N.C. Rae.
• Reforming the Reforms: Campaign Finance and Congress—V.A. Farrar-Myers.
• Democratic Survival in the Republican South—M. Corrigan.
• Case: The Contested Vote for Mississippi Governor—D. Simmons.
• Case: Two Views of the Florida Controversy.
• What Happened in Florida on November 7, 2000?—J. Carroll.
• Election 2000—A League of Women Voters' Perspective—J. Karp
• CANDIDATES AND VOTERS.
• Women's Underepresentation in Elective Office—G.G. Aguiar.
• Minority Voters and Candidates: Tracking Trends—D.L. Leal.
• Covering Candidates and Informing Voters: Newspaper Coverage of a Gubernatorial Election—S.J. Stambough and V.R. O'Regan.
• Case:: The Maverick Campaign and Election of Jesse Ventura—S.C. Wagner and S.I. Frank.
• Case: Showdown in the Empire State: Clinton v. Lazio—J. Kraus.
• CONCLUSION.
• The Congressional Elections of 2000: Tradition Meets Competition in the New Age—R. Dewhirst and R.K. Gaddie.
• The Significance of the 2000 Presidential Election: Institutional Impact and Possible Reforms—A.J. Eksterowicz.