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title The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections author - photo 1
title:The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections
author:Campbell, James E.
publisher:University Press of Kentucky
isbn10 | asin:
print isbn13:9780813109268
ebook isbn13:9780813170619
language:English
subjectUnited States.--Congress--Elections, Elections--United States, Voting--United States, Political parties--United States, Presidents--United States.
publication date:1997
lcc:JK1967.C25 1997eb
ddc:324.973
subject:United States.--Congress--Elections, Elections--United States, Voting--United States, Political parties--United States, Presidents--United States.

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THE Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections

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THE Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections

Second Edition

JAMES E. CAMPBELL

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY

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Publication of this volume was made possible in part
by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Copyright 1997 by The University Press of Kentucky


Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth,
serving Bellarmine College, Berea College, Centre
College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,
The Filson Club Historical Society, Georgetown College,
Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,
Morehead State University, Transylvania University,
University of Kentucky, University of Louisville,
and Western Kentucky University.
All rights reserved


Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky
663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008


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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data


Campbell, James E., 1952

The presidential pulse of congressional elections / James E.
Campbell. 2nd ed.


p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8131-0926-4 (pbk : alk. paper)

1. United States. CongressElections. 2. ElectionsUnited
States. 3. VotingUnited States. 4. Political partiesUnited
States. 5. PresidentsUnited States. I. Title.

JK1967.C25 1997

324.973dc21

97-18724


This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting
the requirements of the American National Standard
for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.


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Manufactured in the United States of America

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To my friends and teachers

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Contents

List of Tables and Figures ix

Acknowledgments xiv

Introduction 1

Part 1. Theories of Midterm Elections

1 The Midterm Question 7

2 The Premises of Surge and Decline 22

3 The Propositions and Evidence of Surge and Decline 40

4 The Theory of the Midterm Referendum 67

Part 2. The Presidential Pulse

5 The Revised Theory of Surge and Decline 87

6 Evidence from National Elections 116

7 Evidence in Congressional Districts 143

8 Evidence in the Electorate 172

9 Surge and Decline in Subpresidential Elections 189

10 The Presidential Pulse in the 1990s 207

11 Reflections on the Presidential Pulse 234

Appendix 1 Presidential Vote and House-Seat Regressions 258

Appendix 2 Robust Regression of National Evidence 260

Notes 264

References 296

Index 311

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Tables and Figures

Tables

1.1. Midterm Seat Losses for the President's Party and Decline in Congressional-Election Turnout, 1944199610
2.1. Prevailing Short-Term Forces as Measured by the Mean of the Candidate Likes and Dislikes Index, 1952199233
3.1. Midterm Seat Losses by Margin of Prior Presidential Victory, 1902199442
3.2. Presidential-Election-Year Seat Gains by Margin of Presidential Victory, 1900199643
3.3. Strong Partisans in Presidential and Midterm Electorates, 1956199458
3.4. Independents in Presidential and Midterm Electorates, 1956199459
3.5. Partisan-Defection Rates in Presidential and Midterm Elections for Partisans of the Advantaged and Disadvantaged Parties, 1956199460
3.6. Review of the Evidence: Ten Surge-and-Decline Propositions66
4.1. Referenda Equations of Midterm Losses, 1946199470
4.2. Seat Changes Explained by the Exposure Thesis, 1938199481
5.1. Nonparametric Correlations between Reported Turnout and Intensity of Partisanship, 1952199489
5.2. Surge and Decline in Uncontested Seats, 19521994114
6.1. The Presidential Vote's Effect on Midterm Change in the Democratic Congressional Vote, 19021994120
6.2. The Presidential Vote's Effect on Midterm Change in Democratic House Seats, 19021994122
6.3. The Presidential Vote and Midterm Referenda Effects on Midterm Change in Congressional Votes and Seats for the President's Party, 1946 1994124
6.4. The Presidential Vote and Midterm Presidential Popularity Effects on Midterm Change in Congressional Votes and Seats for the President's Party, 19461994126
6.5. The Presidential Vote's Effect on Presidential Year Change in the Democratic Congressional Vote, 19001992130

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6.6. The Presidential Vote's Effect on Presidential Year Change in Democratic House Seats, 19001996132
6.7. Trend in the Presidential Vote's Effect on Midterm Change in Democratic House Votes and Seats, 19021994133
6.8. Trend in the Presidential Vote's Effect on Presidential Year Change in Democratic House Votes and Seats, 19001996134
6.9. The Fourteen Districts in Which Republicans Appeared Safe in 1972 but Lost in 1974141
7.1. The Presidential Vote's Effect on the Congressional Vote of the Winning Presidential Party in the Presidential Election Year, 1976 and 1984150
7.2. The Presidential Vote's Effect on Change in the Congressional Vote of the Winning Presidential Party in the Presidential Election Year, 1976 and 1984151
7.3. Presidential-Coattail Seats in 1976154
7.4. Presidential-Coattail Seats in 1984155
7.5. The Effect of the Prior Congressional-Vote Gain on Midterm Change in the Congressional Vote of the President's Party, 1978 and 1986162
7.6. Midterm Seat Losses for the Presidents Party in 1978
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