02217nam a2200325 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151040002100187035002100208050002400229082001600253245009300269260006100362300002300423504005100446505065400497520032901151533015201480650002701632650003001659655002901689700003001718710001701748856012601765ebr10224520CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||071126s2008    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007047570  z9780815755302 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0815755309 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)61449812114aJK1967b.S95 2008eb04a324.97322204aThe swing voter in American politicsh[electronic resource] /cWilliam G. Mayer, editor.  aWashington, D.C. :bBrookings Institution Press,cc2008.  axi, 151 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aWhat exactly is a swing voter? definition and measurement / William G. Mayer -- Swing voters in the Gallup poll, 1944 to 2004 / Jeffrey M. Jones -- Campaign dynamics and the swing vote in the 2004 election / Michael Dimock, April Clark, and Juliana Menasce Horowitz -- Swing voting and U.S. presidential elections / Daron R. Shaw -- Swing voters in subnational campaigns / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- Swing voters? Hah! the not very "persuadables" and the not really "undecideds" in 2004 / Adam Clymer and Ken Winneg -- Do swing voters swing elections? / James E. Campbell -- Conclusion : the state of the discussion / William G. Mayer and Ruy Teixeira.  a"Fills conceptual gap concerning the swing voter. Answers four questions: What is a swing voter? How to identify them? Do they differ from the rest of the electorate? What is their role? Presents a picture of this key political group, tracking them across six decades of national and local elections"--Provided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aVotingzUnited States. 0aElectionszUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aMayer, William G.,d1956-2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10224520zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view