The Measure of American Elections

Policymaking in the realm of elections is too often grounded in anecdotes and opinions, rather than in good data and scientific research. To remedy this, The Measure of American Elections brings together a dozen leading scholars to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective. This book represents a transformation in debates about election reform, away from partisan and ideological posturing, toward using scientific analysis to evaluate the conduct of contemporary elections. The authors harness the power of newly available data to document all aspects of election administration, ranging from the registration of voters to the counting of ballots. They demonstrate what can be learned from giving serious attention to data, measurement, and objective analysis of American elections.

Author: Barry C. Burden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/31/2014
Pages: 377
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781107699915

About the Author
Burden, Barry C.: - Barry C. Burden is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Personal Roots of Representation (2007) and co-author of Why Americans Split their Tickets (2002, with David C. Kimball). Burden has written or co-written more than thirty-five articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Electoral Studies.Stewart III, Charles: - Charles Stewart, III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the former head of the political science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Budget Reform Politics (1989) and Analyzing Congress, 2nd edition (2011) and the co-author of Fighting for the Speakership (2013, with Jeffrey Jenkins). Stewart's writing has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, the Election Law Journal, and Harvard Law Review.Stewart III, Charles: - Charles Stewart, III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the former head of the political science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Budget Reform Politics (1989) and Analyzing Congress, 2nd edition (2011) and the co-author of Fighting for the Speakership (2013, with Jeffrey Jenkins). Stewart's writing has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, the Election Law Journal, and Harvard Law Review.