Atlas of the 2012 Elections.

Atlas Of The 2012 Elections -- CONTENTS -- Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 ELECTORAL STRUCTURES -- Reapportionment -- The Electoral College and the 2012 Presidential Election -- Redistricting: The Process -- US House Districts and the Republican "Gerrymander" of 2012 -- Phantom Constituents in the 2012 Election -- Chapter 3 PRIMARY ELECTIONS -- Overview of the Republican Primary Elections -- Iowa Republican Precinct Caucuses -- Florida Republican Primary Election -- Ohio Republican Primary Election -- Chapter 4 THE CAMPAIGN -- Overview of the Campaign -- Donorsheds: Individual Contributions to Obama and Romney -- Campaign Expenditures in the 2012 Election -- Campaign Stops -- Geographic Place Name Use in the 2012 Presidential Debates -- Newspaper Endorsements -- Ballot Access in the 2012 Election -- Chapter 5 OUTCOMES -- Results of the 2012 Presidential Election at the State and County Levels -- The 2012 Presidential Election in Historical Perspective -- Metropolitan Concentration of the Democratic Vote -- Micropolitan County Voting -- Politics in the Diversifying Suburbs -- Chapter 6 REGIONS -- Northeast -- Appalachia -- Southeast -- Midwest -- Great Plains -- Mountain West -- Pacific Region -- Chapter 7 SUBGROUPS OF THE POPULATION -- Vote for President and Characteristics of United States Counties -- Hispanic Voting in the 2012 Presidential Election -- Asian-American Voting -- The Bible Belt and the 2012 Elections -- Religion and the 2012 Presidential Election -- Chapter 8 ISSUES AND CONGRESSIONAL VOTES -- Health Care in the 2012 Elections -- Foreign Policy in the 2012 Presidential Election -- Environmental and Energy Ballot Measures in the 2012 Elections -- Membership, Party, and Caucuses in the 113th Congress -- The 2013 Farm Bill Controversy -- Other Votes in the 113th House of Representatives.

Chapter 9 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- Persistence and Change in State and Local Elections -- A Tale of Turnout: The Rise and Fall of Scott Brown in Massachusetts -- 2012 Virginia Senate Election -- 2012 Indiana Senate Election -- 2012 Wisconsin Senate Election -- 2012 North Dakota Senate Election -- 2012 Montana Senate Election -- Wisconsin Governor Election and Recall -- Texas State Senate District 10: Wendy Davis Is Reelected -- Chapter 10 REFERENDA -- A Referendum on the Initiative Process? Ballot Initiative Usage and Content in the 2012 Election -- Votes on Same-Sex Marriage in Maine, Minnesota, Maryland, and Washington -- Legalization of Marijuana Use in Colorado and Washington -- Votes at the Local Level: An Example from Seattle -- Chapter 11 TECHNICAL ISSUES, DATA, AND MAPPING -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Bringing together leading political geographers and political scientists, this atlas analyzes and maps the campaigns, primaries, general election, and key state referenda in the hotly contested 2012 elections.

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