Electing America's Governors: The Politics of Executive Elections - Paperback

by D. Leal (Author)

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, 'an increasingly important group of political leaders', and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections.

Front Jacket

This first comprehensive and quantitative examination of gubernatorial elections examines key issues in understanding elections, including the impact of incumbent and challenger expenditures on election outcomes, retrospective voting, voter turnout, the emergence of quality challengers to incumbents, and political ambition. As the national distribution of power shifts towards the states and as governors have expanded their authority within states over the last few decades, this is a crucial look at a vital process.

Author Biography

David L. Leal is an Associate Professor of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. He received a Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from Harvard University and a BA in Political Science from Stanford University. In addition to state politics, his research interests include Latino politics - particularly Latino political behavior and public opinion - and public policy. He has published over thirty journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Dr. Leal was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow from 1998-1999 and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2002-2004.