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Deficit-Cutting Politics and Congressional Elections
Gary C. Jacobson examines the effect of electoral politics on U.S. budget policies in 1990 and the effect of the unpopular October budget legislation on the 1990 congressional elections. He finds that members of both houses were acutely sensitive to the very real electoral risks faced in trying to reduce the deficit by raising taxes and cutting programs. The legislation passed only because a great majority of members were safe enough electorally to absorb the political damage without risking their careers.
The Presidential and Congressional Elections of 2020: A National Referendum on the Trump Presidency, Gary C. Jacobson
Extreme Referendum: Donald Trump and the 2018 Midterm Elections, Gary C. Jacobson
The Triumph of Polarized Partisanship in 2016: Donald Trump’s Improbable Victory, Gary C. Jacobson
Obama and Nationalized Electoral Politics in the 2014 Midterm , Gary C. Jacobson
How the Economy and Partisanship Shaped the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections , Gary C. Jacobson
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Jeh Johnson on the State of American Democracy
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The Powell Doctrine
The Rise and Fall of Colin Powell and the Powell Doctrine
Walter LaFeber
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