Contribution to Book
The Meaning of the 2012 Election
The Elections of 2012
(2014)
Abstract
The nation's fifty-seventh presidential election has come and gone. What are we to make of it? This chapter addresses the shape of the election, the political context surrounding it and brought by it, and its policy implications. Election patterns for the House and Senate as well as the presidency are taken up.
Keywords
- Political Science,
- Elections,
- Presidency,
- Congress,
- Presidential Election,
- 2012 Election
Disciplines
Publication Date
2014
Editor
Michael Nelson
Publisher
CQ Press
DOI
10.4135/9781483349343.n9
Citation Information
David R Mayhew. "The Meaning of the 2012 Election" The Elections of 2012 (2014) p. 203 - 222 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-mayhew/3/