Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections

John H. Aldrich is Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is author of Why Parties? A Second Look (2011) and Before the Convention (1980) and coeditor of Positive Changes in Political Science (2007), and he has also published numerous articles, chapters, and edited collections. He is past president of the Southern Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the American Political Science Association.Jamie L. Carson is the UGA Athletic Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia. His research interests include congressional politics and elections, American political development, and separation of powers. He is coauthor of Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform (2013), Electoral Incentives in Congress (2018), and The Politics of Congressional Elections (2020). He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly,and other journals.Brad T. Gomez is associate professor and chair of political science at Florida State Univer­sity. His research interests focus on voting behavior and public opinion, with a particular interest in how citizens attribute responsibility for sociopolitical events. His published work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and other journals and edited volumes.Jennifer L. Merolla is professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on how the political environment influences public opinion, evaluations of political leaders, and voting behavior. She is coauthor of Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public (2009), Framing Immigrants: News Coverage, Public Opinion and Policy (2016), and coeditor of The Hillary Effect: Perspectives on Clinton’s Legacy (2020). Her published work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and other journals and edited volumes.

Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections provides a valuable and comprehensive account of the American electorate.

• Preface AckowledgementsIntroduction Part I: The 2020 Presidential ElectionChapter 1: The Nomination StruggleChapter 2: The General Election CampaignChapter 3: The Election ResultsPart II: Voting Behavior in the 2020 Presidential ElectionChapter 4: Who Voted?Chapter 5: Social Forces and the VoteChapter 6: Party Loyalties and the VoteChapter 7: Candidates, Issues, and the VoteChapter 8: Presidential Performance and Candidate ChoicePart III: The 2020 and 2022 Congressional ElectionsChapter 9: Candidates and Outcomes in 2020Chapter 10: The Congressional Electorate in 2020Chapter 11: The 2022 Congressional Elections Part IV: The 2020 and 2022 Elections in PerspectiveChapter 12: The 2020 and 2022 Elections and the Future of American Politics Chapter 13: The Dynamics of American Elections