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.

Preface

Ackowledgements

Introduction

Part I: The 2020 Presidential Election

Chapter 1: The Nomination Struggle

Chapter 2: The General Election Campaign

Chapter 3: The Election Results

Part II: Voting Behavior in the 2020 Presidential Election

Chapter 4: Who Voted?

Chapter 5: Social Forces and the Vote

Chapter 6: Party Loyalties and the Vote

Chapter 7: Candidates, Issues, and the Vote

Chapter 8: Presidential Performance and Candidate Choice

Part III: The 2020 and 2022 Congressional Elections

Chapter 9: Candidates and Outcomes in 2020

Chapter 10: The Congressional Electorate in 2020

Chapter 11: The 2022 Congressional Elections

Part IV: The 2020 and 2022 Elections in Perspective

Chapter 12: The 2020 and 2022 Elections and the Future of American Politics

Chapter 13: The Dynamics of American Elections