POLITICAL PARTIES & ELECTIONS, FALL
2009
DAILY SCHEDULE – TOPICS, READING
ASSIGNMENTS
This web page has links to all
handouts distributed in class (“Topics covered" column) as well as
additional readings, exam study guides and other materials. If this schedule changes for some reason, the
web version will be changed and should be considered the "official"
schedule; I promise not to change the schedule without alerting you first!
Assignments
Date Topics
covered
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T September 8 |
Introduction to the
study of parties and elections |
None |
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Th September
10 |
American political
parties and the 2-party system Blog
link for Q&A on September 10 reading |
Hershey 1, 2 |
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T September 15 |
The party core:
structure and membership Q&A
on September 15-17 reading |
Hershey 3, 4,
5 |
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Th September
17 |
Party roles in
legislatures, the executive branch and the courts |
Hershey 13,
14; article “Nastier,
Nosier, Costlier – and Better” |
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T September 22 |
Intro to
presidential elections, 2008 race Q&A
on September 22-24 reading |
Wayne 1,
Nelson 1, BF 5 |
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Th September
24 |
Wayne 2,
Hershey 12, Nelson 8 |
list of group
assignment topics posted by today |
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T September 29 |
Citizen
participation and voter turnout Q&A
on September 29-October 1 reading |
Wayne 3,
Hershey 8, BF 1 |
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Th October 1 |
Hershey 6 and
7, BF 3 |
groups, topics for
third party presentations determined today in class |
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T October 6 |
NOBEL
CONFERENCE |
no class |
first exam study
guide posted by today |
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Th October 8 |
Party coalition
differences; polling |
BF 2, 6, 8 |
class today
includes time for exam-related questions first exam
Q&A blog post |
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T October 13 |
FIRST EXAM |
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Th October 15 |
Q&A
on October 15 reading, October 20 material |
third party
reading to be posted |
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T October 20 |
Group presentations on third parties |
Group
handouts: |
group
presentation handouts should be e-mailed to Chris by 8 pm Monday, October 19 |
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Th October 22 |
Primary elections,
nomination processes |
Hershey 9,
Wayne 4 |
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T October 27 |
FALL BREAK |
no class |
research paper
topic is due one week from today J |
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Th October 29 |
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BF 10, Nelson
5 |
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T November 3 |
Presidential
nominations and party conventions |
Wayne 5-6 and
appendix B; drop Hershey 10 |
inform Chris
of your research paper topic by today in class |
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Th November 5 |
Presidential general
election strategy and tactics CLASS CANCELLED, material moved to Nov. 10 |
Wayne 7, BF 9
and 11; drop Hershey 11 |
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T November 10 |
Presidential general
election strategy and tactics (originally
Nov. 5) |
Wayne 7, BF 9
and 11; drop Hershey 11 |
second exam study
guide posted by today |
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Th November 12 |
Media roles,
coverage and bias (originally Nov.
10) |
Wayne 8,
Nelson 6, BF 4 and 7 (originally Nov.
10) |
class today
includes time for exam-related questions second exam
Q&A blog post |
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T November 17 |
SECOND EXAM |
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Th November 19 |
The 2008 election:
choosing candidates, how Obama won |
Nelson 2;
Wayne 9 (Wayne 9 moved from Nov. 12) (Nelson 3 moved to Nov. 24) |
Research paper
thesis, preliminary source list due to Chris by Monday, November 23, 12 noon (DATE CHANGE) |
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T November 24 |
The 2008 election:
interpreting the outcome |
Nelson 3, 7, 9 (Nelson 3 moved from Nov. 19) (Nelson 4 dropped for now) |
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Th November 26 |
THANKSGIVING
BREAK |
no class |
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T December 1 |
Air Wars: air time
and messages Q&A
on ALL Air Wars reading Dec. 1-3-8 |
West 1, 2, 3 |
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Th December 3 |
Air Wars: media
coverage, agenda setting |
West 4, 5, 6 |
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T December 8 |
Air Wars: the overall
impact of advertisements |
West 7, 8, 9 |
Research paper due Wednesday, December 9 by 5 pm! |
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Th December 10 |
Reforming parties
and elections |
Hershey 15 and
16, Wayne 10 |
final exam study
guide posted by today |
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T December 15 |
Final thoughts |
no new reading |
final exam
review, course evaluation in class today final exam
Q&A blog post |
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Saturday,
December 19 |
FINAL EXAM 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Old Main 06 |
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both sections are together for the final exam |