Going Dirty

The Art of Negative Campaigning

AvDavid Mark

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Going Dirty is a history of negative campaigning in American politics and an examination of how candidates and political consultants have employed this often-controversial technique. The book includes case studies on notable races throughout the television era in which new negative campaign strategies were introduced, or existing tactics were refined and amplified upon. Strategies have included labeling opponents from non-traditional political backgrounds as dumb or lightweight, an approach that got upended when a veteran actor and rookie candidate named Ronald Reagan won the California governorship in 1966, setting him on a path to the White House. The negative tone of campaigns has also been ratcheted up dramatically since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: Campaign commercials now routinely run pictures of international villains and suggest, sometimes overtly, at other times more subtly, that political opponents are less than resolute in prosecuting the war on terror. The book also outlines a series of races in which negative campaigning has backfired, because the charges were not credible or the candidate on the attack did not understand the political sentiments of the local electorate they were trying to persuade. The effect of newer technologies on negative campaigning is also examined, including blogs and Web video, in addition to tried and true methods like direct mail.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-16
Mått:154 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:300
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742599819

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David Mark is a senior editor for Politico.

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Going Dirty explores [the] long history of negative campaigning, recounting both familiar episodes (Willie Horton, anyone?) and those readers may have forgotten. The recurring theme is that well-timed, adroitly executed attacks are often effective; sloppy tactics by campaigns that misunderstand the electorate tend to elicit backlashes....Mark doesn’t argue that people who are tired of watching negative ads can read his book instead. But if he did, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Eye of the Beholder: Defining Negative Campaigning2. What Good Old Days?: Notable Developments in Negative Campaigning from the Late Eighteenth Century through the Dawn of the Cold War3. Going Nuclear 1964: The Rise of Television Attack Ads4. Dismissive Politics: The Governor against the Actor5. "The Truth Shall Rise Again": Brock Versus Gore for U.S. Senate, 19706. Confrontation, Bluster, and No Compromise: The Campaigns of Jesse Helms7. Dole-Gingrich: Going Negative Early and Often8. The Politics of Fear: Negative Campaigning in the Post-9/11 World9. Opening the Floodgates: Campaign Finance "Reform" and the Rise of Negativity10. A Double-Edged Sword: When Negative Campaigning Backfires11. Hitting the Mark: Negative Campaigning Efforts that Just Plain Worked12. It's in the Mail: Negative Campaigning Comes Home13. Conclusion: The Future of Negative Campaigning14. A Race to the Bottom: Negative Campaigning in the 2006 Midterm Elections15. Singe but Don't Burn: Negative Campaigning in the 2008 Presidential ElectionSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Author