Electing America's Governors : The Politics of Executive Elections

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, 'an increasingly important group of political leaders', and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction: Why Study How Governors Are Elected?....Pages 1-17 Election Outcomes: Campaign Expenditures and Candidate Quality....Pages 19-40 Election Outcomes: State and National Economic and Social Conditions....Pages 41-64 Voter Turnout: Competition, Candidates, and Conditions....Pages 65-80 Candidate Quality Revisited....Pages 81-98 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Progressive Ambition....Pages 99-119 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Electoral Competition and Campaign Intensity....Pages 121-156 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Third-Party and Independent Campaigns....Pages 157-188 Conclusions....Pages 189-210 Back Matter....Pages 211-247 This book studies the election of American state governors -an increasingly important group of political leaders- and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections. The chapters find many differences between gubernatorial and Senate elections but notable parallels between gubernatorial and presidential elections. The book concludes that gubernatorial elections are best understood as executive, not legislative, elections. The book also helps to better understand a variety of fundamental electoral topics that have been studied largely in the congressional context such as the role of campaign expenditures, economic and social conditions, candidate background, and third party and independent candidates