Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Continuing a tradition of excellence in postelection analysis, Gerald M. Pomper leads a distinguished team of experts offering timely and insightful assessment of the first presidential election of the 21st century.
After a relatively uneventful campaign season, the American electorate divided evenly between two similar candidates who raised and spent record sums of money. Election Day was followed by an unprecedented period of uncertainty that was finally resolved in a controversial judicial decision. How all this happened--and why--is discussed by this dynamic lineup of election specialists.
Gerald M. Pomper (Rutgers University), author of Passions and Interests: Political Party Concepts of American Democracy.
Anthony Corrado (Colby College), author of Campaign Finance Reform and Paying for Presidents.
E. J. Dionne Jr. (Washington Post), author of Why Americans Hate Politics and They Only Look Dead.
Kathleen A. Frankovic, Director of Surveys and producer, CBS News.
Paul S. Herrnson (University of Maryland), author of Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington
Marjorie Randon Hershey (Indiana University), author of Running for Office.
William G. Mayer (Northeastern University), author of In Pursuit of the White House 2000: How We Choose Our Presidential Nominees.
Monika L. McDermott, Manager of Surveys for CBS News for 2000 Election.
Wilson Carey McWilliams (Rutgers University), author of Beyond the Politics of Disappointment: American Elections, 1980-1998.
Synopsis
Everybody is talking about the U.S. Election of 2000. How could the election have resulted in an almost even split between Democrats and Republicans? Who or what affected the outcome---the candidates, the system, the media, the political parties, President Clinton? Will the bitterness over the Florida recount and the final Supreme Court decision impact the new Bush administration? What happened and why is the subject of "The Election 2000." The book continues a tradition, first started in 1976, of excellence in post-election analysis. Gerald M. Pomper again leads a distinguished team of experts offering timely, insightful, and provocative assessment of the first presidential election of the 21st century. Topics include: Clintons impact on the election outcome; how Bush and Gore came to be nominated; the media's role; what the general public were thinking throughout the campaign; the record-breaking sums of money raised and spent; and the significance of the Florida recount debate and controversial Supreme Court decision. "The Election 2000" is the first published book-length analysis of the most contentious presidential contest in 124 years. This comprehensive electoral report includes: George W. Bush's President's Inaugural Address Table of Cabinet AppointeesSupplemental analysis and material online at www: chathamhouse.com/pomper2000
Table of Contents
The Clinton enigma : seeking consensus, breeding discord / E. J. Dionne Jr. -- The presidential nominations / William G. Mayer -- The campaign and the media / Marjorie Randon Hershey -- Public opinion in the 2000 election : the ambivalent electorate / Kathleen A. Frankovic and Monika L. McDermott -- Financing the 2000 elections / Anthony Corrado -- The presidential election / Gerald M. Pomper -- The Congressional elections / Paul S. Herrnson -- The meaning of the election / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Appendix A: President George Walker Bush: the Inaugural Address -- Appendix B: the Bush Administration