The Election of the Century: The 2000 Election and What it Tells Us About American Politics in the New Millennium: The 2000 Election and What it Tells Us About American Politics in the New Millennium

by Wayne,Stephen J.

• ISBN13: 9780765607430
• ISBN10: 0765607433
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The book places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. Following the introduction by editors Stephen J. Wayne and Clyde Wilcox, the contributors examine a range of topics including "wedge" issues in 2000 -- the economy, foreign policy, and race -- the dimensions of gender, age, and religion; as well as Democratic and Republican party strategies in 2000; the "Clinton effect; " the role of the Internet in campaigns; the future of women in national politics; and political platforms and agendas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Stephen J. Wayne
Clyde Wilcox
PART I. TRADITIONAL WEDGE ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT
Is It the Economy, Stupid? The Role of the Economy in the Election	5	(14)
Anne Marie Cammisa
Foreign Policy in the Presidential Campaign. The Attentive and ``Apathetic Internationalist'' Publics	19	(26)
Andrew Bennett
Troy White
The Incorrigibly White Republican Party: Racial Politics in the Presidential Race	45	(22)
Jeremy D. Mayer
PART II. VOTING GROUPS AND THEIR CHOICES
Gender As a Political Constant: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	67	(19)
Melissa Levitt
Katherine C. Naff
Back to the Future: Generation X and the 2000 Election	86	(21)
Molly W. Andolina
Wither the Christian Right? The Elections and Beyond	107	(18)
Clyde Wilcox
PART III. THE PARTISAN PERSPECTIVE
It's Party Time	125	(15)
Stephen J. Wayne
Standoff in the House: Democrats Come Up Short in the Trenches	140	(26)
Michael A. Bailey
Keiko Ono
The Real ``Survivors'' of 2000: The House Republican Majority	166	(15)
G. Patrick Lynch
Hayden Milberg
PART IV. LEGACIES
Women in the 107th Congress: The Past Meets the Future	181	(19)
Sue Thomas
Courtenay Daum
Beth Stark
The Clinton Effect: How a Lame-Duck President Impacted His Vice President's Election Prospects	200	(17)
Margaret Tseng
Election2000.com: Internet Use and the American Voter	217	(22)
Jeffrey A. Wertkin
Platforms, Promises, and the Agenda for the New Government	239	(25)
Lynn C. Ross
Conclusion	264	(15)
Stephen J. Wayne
Clyde Wilcox
Index	279	(24)
About the Editors and Contributors	303