Electing America's Governors: The Politics of Executive Elections [Paperback]

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, 'an increasingly important group of political leaders', and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections.Introduction Election Outcomes: Campaign Expenditures and Candidate Quality Election Outcomes: State and National Economic and Social Conditions Voter Turnout: Competition, Candidates, and Conditions Candidate Quality Revisited Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Progressive Ambition Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Electoral Competition and Campaign Intensity Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Third Party and Independent Campaigns Conclusions

'We need to know more about America's fifty state Governors - -not least because four of the last five Presidents were elected from the Governorship. David L. Leal does a superb and sophisticated job of examining the states' chief executives, selecting the electoral connection as his microscope. Anyone interested in politics will benefit from a close reading of Leal's findings, and the book is well suited to both senior undergraduate and graduate classroom use.'

- Larry J. Sabato, Director, UVA Center for Politics, and Author of Divided States of America (2005)

'This...represents a solid comparative approach to looking at gubernatorial elections over a seventeen-year period. The author has spent a great deal of time developing his approach, reviewing what has been done in the past in trying to understand these elections across the states and over time. He also made a very strong effort to compare these gubernatorial elections with the other major statewide elections - U.S. Senate elections - held during the same period. This book will lead to others picking up the challenge and trying to do some explorations on their own, and Leal hlS0