April 13: Congressional Elections: 2014 and Redistricting/Gerrymandering Abramson et al. Chapter 11 (pp. 281-316) Jacobson, Gary. 2013. Upper Saddle River, NJ: The Politics of Congressional Elections. Pearson. Part of Chapter 2: (pp. 7-20.) ERES “The Context.” Sides, John and Eric McGhee. 2013. win Republicans the “Redistricting didn’t House.” (Available at Washington Post. Wang, Sam. 2013. Great Gerrymander of (Available at New York Times. “The 2012.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/the-great-gerrymander-of 2012.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) (Available at We will have an in-class activity related to The Redistricting Game http://redistrictinggame.org/) April 15: Congressional Wave Elections/ Discussion of Jacob and Research Anthony’s Goldfarb, Zachary A., Wins Make a (Available at Washington Post 2006. “How Many Wave?” ) Smith, Jacob and Neil Weinberg. 2015. an Elevator can be Key to a Electoral “How Candidate’s Success.” LSE USAPP Blog. Something written by Anthony Chergosky; to be made available on Sakai page in advance of this class. April 18: State and Local Elections Carsey, Thomas. 2001. Ann Arbor: University of Campaign Dynamics: The Race for Governor. Michigan Press. Chapter 9 to Gubernatorial (pp. 148-167 “Voter Response Campaigns.” Available as an E-Book at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uncch/reader.action?docID=10356842&ppg=1) Oliver, J. Eric, Shang Ha, and Zachary Callen. 2012. Local Elections and the Politics of Small Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapter 1: and Scale Democracy. “Size, Scope, Bias: What Differentiates Local Electoral (pp. 12-52) ERES Politics.” to State (Available at Washington Post. Wilson, Reid. 2014. “Republican Sweep Extends Level.”
April 13: Congressional Elections: 2014 and Redistricting/Gerrymandering Abramson et al. Chapter 11 (pp. 281-316) Jacobson, Gary. 2013. The Politics of Congressional Elections. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Part of Chapter 2: “The Context.” (pp. 7-20.) ERES Sides, John and Eric McGhee. 2013. “Redistricting didn’t win Republicans the House.” Washington Post. (Available at Wang, Sam. 2013. “The Great Gerrymander of 2012.” New York Times. (Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/the-great-gerrymander-of 2012.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) We will have an in-class activity related to The Redistricting Game (Available at http://redistrictinggame.org/) April 15: Congressional Wave Elections/ Discussion of Jacob and Anthony’s Research Goldfarb, Zachary A., 2006. “How Many Wins Make a Wave?” Washington Post (Available at ) Smith, Jacob and Neil Weinberg. 2015. “How an Elevator can be Key to a Candidate’s Electoral Success.” LSE USAPP Blog. Something written by Anthony Chergosky; to be made available on Sakai page in advance of this class. April 18: State and Local Elections Carsey, Thomas. 2001. Campaign Dynamics: The Race for Governor. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Chapter 9 “Voter Response to Gubernatorial Campaigns.” (pp. 148-167 Available as an E-Book at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uncch/reader.action?docID=10356842&ppg=1) Oliver, J. Eric, Shang Ha, and Zachary Callen. 2012. Local Elections and the Politics of Small Scale Democracy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapter 1: “Size, Scope, and Bias: What Differentiates Local Electoral Politics.” (pp. 12-52) ERES Wilson, Reid. 2014. “Republican Sweep Extends to State Level.” Washington Post. (Available at
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