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Tables and Figures \\ Preface \\ About the Authors \\ INTRODUCTION \\ Change and Continuity \\ Voters and the Act of Voting \\ Survey Research Sampling \\ Plan of the Book \\ PART I • THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION \\ CHAPTER 1 • The Nomination Struggle \\ Who Ran \\ The Rules of the Nomination System \\ Strategy and the Candidates’ Campaigns in 2016: The Electoral Setting and How the Candidates Won Their Nominations \\ CHAPTER 2 • The General Election Campaign \\ The Strategic Context and Candidates’ Choices \\ Political Context, Overall Strategy, and Opening Moves \\ From the Conventions to the Debates \\ The End Game and the Struggle over Turnout \\ Did the Campaign Make a Difference? \\ CHAPTER 3 • The Election Results \\ The Election Rules \\ The Pattern of Results \\ State-by-State Results \\ Electoral Change in the Postwar South \\ The Electoral Vote Balance \\ PART II • VOTING BEHAVIOR IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION \\ CHAPTER 4 • Who Voted? \\ Voter Turnout, 1789–1916 \\ Voter Turnout, 1920–2016 \\ Voter Turnout among Social Groups \\ Changes in Turnout after 1960 \\ Election-Specific Factors \\ Does Low Voter Turnout Matter? \\ CHAPTER 5 • Social Forces and the Vote \\ How Social Groups Voted in 2016 \\ How Social Groups Voted during the Postwar Years \\ Why the New Deal Coalition Broke Down \\ CHAPTER 6 • Candidates, Issues, and the Vote \\ Attitudes toward the Candidates \\ Prospective Evaluations \\ Issue Positions and Perceptions \\ Issue Voting Criteria \\ Apparent Issue Voting in 2016 \\ Conclusion \\ CHAPTER 7 • Presidential Performance and Candidate Choice \\ What Is Retrospective Voting? \\ Evaluations of Government Performance on Important Problems \\ Economic Evaluations and the Vote for the Incumbent \\ Foreign Policy Evaluations and the Vote for the Incumbent \\ Evaluations of the Incumbent \\ The Impact of Retrospective Evaluations \\ Conclusion \\ CHAPTER 8 • Party Loyalties, Policy Preferences, and the Vote \\ Party Identification as Loyalty: The Original View \\ Party Identification as Retrospective Evaluation: An Alternative View \\ Party Identification, Polarization, and Identity: A Synthesis? \\ Party Identification in the Electorate \\ Hispanic Partisanship in 2008, 2012, and 2016 \\ Party Identification and the Vote \\ Policy Preferences and Performance Evaluations \\ Conclusion \\ PART III • THE 2016 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS \\ CHAPTER 9 • Candidates and Outcomes in 2016 \\ Election Outcomes in 2016 \\ Candidates’ Resources and Election Outcomes \\ The 2016 Elections: The Impact on Congress \\ The 2018 Elections and Beyond \\ CHAPTER 10 • The Congressional Electorate in 2016 \\ Social Forces and the Congressional Vote \\ Issues and the Congressional Vote \\ Party Identification and the Congressional Vote \\ Incumbency and the Congressional Vote \\ The Congressional Vote as Referendum \\ Presidential Coattails and the Congressional Vote \\ Conclusion \\ CHAPTER 11 • The 2018 Congressional Elections \\ The Pattern of Outcomes \\ Assessing Victory and Explaining the Results \\ National and Local Influences in Congressional Elections \\ The 2018 Elections: The Impact on Congress \\ The 2020 Elections and Beyond \\ PART IV • THE 2016 AND 2018 ELECTIONS IN PERSPECTIVE \\ CHAPTER 12 • The 2016 and 2018 Elections and the Future of American Politics \\ Are Midterm Elections Predictive? \\ Prospects for the Democrats \\ Prospects for the Republicans \\ CHAPTER 13 • The Dynamics of American Elections \\ The Great Continuities: The Electoral System and the Party System \\ The Great Change: Depolarization and the Return of Partisan Polarization \\ Change and Continuity in Turnout \\ Continuities in Electoral Partisanship \\ Changes in the Partisan Electorate \\ Change and Continuity in the U.S. Congress \\ Appendix \\ Notes \\ Index

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