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Key States, High Stakes: Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections

By Diana Evans , Costas Panagopoulos , Dante J. Scala , Charles S. Bullock III , Ted G. Jelen , Charles S. , III Bullock , Daniel C. Reed , Amy Widestrom , Christopher Dennis , Susan A. MacManus , David J. Bonanza , Mary L. Moss , Joel Turner , Scott Lasley , Geoffrey Peterson , Stanley P. Berard , M Jean Kingston , Robert Rupp , AndrewDowdle , Joseph D. Giammo , Michael A. Maggiotto , Raymond H. Scheele , Janna L. Deitz , Edward Anegon , David Nice

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2011
ISBN
1442210958, 978-1-4422-1095-0, 978-1-4422-1096-7, 978-1-4422-1097-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4031038 bytes)
Pages
254\255
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

Description

The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for the next decade, or even the next generation. In this new edited volume, Charles S. Bullock III collects original contributions from top political scientists to evaluate Sarah Palin and the Tea Party's role in the 2010 midterm elections. Key States, High Stakes focuses on states where Republicans had the chance to pick up Senate seats, as well as examining GOP Senate primaries if they involved a Palin or a Tea Party nominee facing an establishment favorite. Bullock concludes the anthology with a chapter on the legacy of the Tea Party and of Sarah Palin on American politics.One thing is certain. In terms of control of the House and Senate (and its effect on President Obama's policy agenda), the prospects for the 2012 presidential race, and the long-term viability of the Tea Party movement, the stakes in the 2010 midterm elections could not have been higher.

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