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Item America at the Crossroads: The Midterm Elections and Republican Government(2006-04-24) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Austria's 2024 Federal Election: Turning Point for the Far Right(University of Minnesota Center for Austrian Studies, 2024-10) Kierig, AnderAnalyzes the outcomes of the 2024 Austrian federal election in September 2024, including the background and primary issues in the campaign.Item Challenges Facing the U.S. in the Context of the 2006 Elections(2006-10-12) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Convention Politics and the Fall Elections Part One(2008-09-03) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Convention Politics and the Fall Elections Part Two(2008-09-04) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Democratic Gains in the 2006 Congressional Elections?(2006-10-26) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Making Sense of the 2008 Elections(2008-11-05) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item The Minnesota Tradition of Fair Elections(2008-12-10) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item The Politics of Palin: gender in the 2008 presidential election.(2009-10) Burns, Melanie FaithSarah Palin, the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 2008 election, was only the second major party female nominee for the office of vice president in U.S. history and the first for the Republican Party. While criticized extensively by the left and the conservative intellectual elite, Palin's conservative credentials were never questioned and she was embraced by many grass-roots conservatives. Palin's strong conservatism and Republican partisan credentials stand in stark contrast to most female politicians, who overwhelmingly and increasingly hail from the Democratic Party in both state and national politics. The central puzzle of this project is to determine how voters react to the competing stereotypes that conservative female Republican candidates, like Sarah Palin, must endure. The gender stereotype - that females are considered to be more empathetic, caring, and compassionate - is in conflict with the partisan stereotype - that Republicans are believed to possess more strength and leadership. Which stereotypes do voters apply, and how does that differ based on their own gender or partisan identity? Specifically, how do voters' own gender and party identification shape ratings of a conservative female candidate's traits and ideology, as well as the impact of each on vote choice and candidate evaluation? Two public opinion surveys are utilized to answer these questions - a survey of Minnesotans and a national survey of women. The Minnesota data revealed that a citizen's gender and party identification shape their perceptions of Sarah Palin's traits, ideology, and overall evaluations. While party identification is the strongest predictor, gender did have some impact. Furthermore, the differences in how Palin is rated on her traits and ideology had significant impacts on overall evaluations of her, as measured by presidential vote choice and evaluations of her performance in the vice presidential debate. Nationally, women's party identification shape their perceptions of Sarah Palin's traits and policy issue agreement. In addition, there is a strong relationship between party identification and overall evaluations, but this relationship is overshadowed when trait ratings or policy position agreement are included in the model. The strong, significant effects of party identification on overall evaluations disappear on measures of Palin's favorability measure and opinions of McCain's choice of Palin, but remain significant on vote for McCain. Both traits and policy position agreement have a significant impact on overall evaluations of Palin. And while the effects of party remain directly significant on vote for McCain in the presence of these variables, it appears they are indirectly significant for evaluations of McCain's choice of Palin as his vice presidential running mate on issue positions, and, to a lesser extent, trait ratings. Different traits and policy issues have significant impacts on McCain's choice of Palin for Republicans and Democrats.Item Power of the President: party competition in presidential regimes(2014-01) Williams-Wyche, ShaunI argue that party competition in legislative elections is partly a function of presidential elections. Previous research on spatial competition has assumed that parties are competing in parliamentary regimes, where the only election of concern for parties and voters is the legislative election. However, in presidential regimes, presidential elections lead to relatively centrist positioning of candidates, and coattail effects from the presidential elections help shape the legislative elections. Through spatial modeling, I demonstrate how presidentialism gives incentives for parties to take centrist positions in legislative elections. Using cross-national data, I give empirical validation to the spatial models by showing that presidential elections make parties relatively more centrist in legislative elections as compared to parties in parliamentary elections. Further empirical validation is given through case studies on Israel and France, which have both experienced changes regarding the selection of their executive. The evidence in these case studies also show that voters' views of the main parties are affected by these institutional changes.Item Summer 2006: Candidate Policy Forum with Amy Klobuchar (DFL)(2006-06-29) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Summer 2006: Candidate Policy Forum with Governor Tim Pawlenty (GOP)(2006-07-25) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Summer 2006: Candidate Policy Forum with Mike Hatch (DFL)(2006-08-09) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Summer 2006: Candidate Policy Forum with Peter Hutchinson (IP)(2006-08-10) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Summer 2006: Candidate Policy Forum with Sue Jeffers(2006-08-17) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Truth Telling in the Media and the Fall Elections(2008-09-02) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act: An Analysis of Minnesota Elections Administration(Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2014-05-15) Nelson, Jennifer; Buck, Jason; Fenley, J. DavidItem What Happened on Tuesday? A Post-Election Analysis(2006-11-08) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item What to Watch in the 2008 Elections(2007-09-26) Jacobs, Lawrence R.Item Women Running for Office: Looking Ahead to the 2020 Elections(2019-11-21) Pearson, Kathryn; Dittmar, Kelly