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    <namePart>Mayer, William G.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Brookings Institution Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2008</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xi, 151 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <abstract>"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.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>What 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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">William G. Mayer, editor.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <topic>Voting</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <topic>Elections</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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