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Tables of Contents for Political Parties and Elections in American States
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables and Figures
vii
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1
State Political Parties Have Been Changing
1
2
Political Parties in the Fifty States Differ in Many Ways
3
2
Money Plays a Major Role in State Politics
5
1
The Linkages Between State and National Parties Are Growing and Changing
5
2
State Political Systems in a National Setting
7
14
Distinctive Characteristics of State Political Systems
7
7
National Factors That Influence State Politics
14
7
The Growth in Two-Party Competition
21
26
Historical Patterns of National Party Competition
22
3
The Impact of National Trends on State Party Competition
25
3
Trends in Two-Party Competition
28
9
Prospects for Greater Two-Party Competition
37
10
State Party Organization
47
53
Theories of Party Organization
47
2
The Functions of State Party Organizations
49
12
Campaign Finance
61
9
The Structure of State Party Organizations
70
13
Party Workers
83
9
Measuring Party Strength
92
6
Party Organization Matters
98
2
The Nominating Process
100
41
Requirements for Voting in Primaries
102
4
Candidate Nominations and Party Endorsements
106
12
Levels of Competition in Primaries
118
3
Voter Participation in Primaries
121
7
Factors Explaining Primary Election Outcomes
128
8
The Impact of Primaries on General Elections
136
5
General Elections: Candidates, Campaigns, and Issues
141
35
Candidates
142
5
Campaigning for Office
147
11
Issues in the Campaign
158
5
The Role of Money in Gubernatorial Elections
163
12
Governors: Strong But Not Invincible
175
1
Voting Behavior in Gubernatorial Elections
176
25
Are State Elections Autonomous from National Elections?
177
3
Party Loyalties of Voters
180
2
The Impact of Gubernatorial Incumbency
182
3
The Impact of Ideology and Issues
185
10
Variations in Voting Turnout for State Elections
195
5
The Voters Choose
200
1
State Legislative Elections
201
26
Nominating Legislative Candidates
201
1
Electoral Competition and Incumbency
202
6
Campaigning for the Legislature
208
3
Financing Legislative Races
211
7
National Trends and Legislative Elections
218
1
Partisan Implications of Legislative Districting
219
2
Growing Two-Party Competition for Control and Divided Government
221
4
Conflicting Trends in Legislative Elections
225
2
Political Parties in State Legislatures
227
26
Patterns of Legislative Organization
227
2
Party Leadership
229
9
The Governor as Party Leader
238
5
Partisan Decision Making in the Legislature
243
8
The Future Role of Political Parties in Legislatures
251
2
State Parties and National Politics
253
19
State Parties and the Presidential Nominating Process
253
3
Electing Members of Congress
256
2
State Parties: Captives or Partners?
258
13
A Partnership of Strength
271
1
Conclusions
272
13
Evaluating the Parties
273
4
Differences among the State Parties
277
3
Money and Politics
280
2
The Evolving Partnership of State and National Parties
282
1
State Parties: New Responsibilities and Capabilities
283
2
References
285
12
Index
297