POL 215:
POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
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, this page will be updated and should be considered the
"official" schedule; I promise to notify you ASAP if/when the
schedule is changed.
Assignments
Date Topics
covered
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W September 5 |
None |
Chris will go over
the syllabus
today |
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F September 7 |
Hershey 1, 2 |
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M September 10 |
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W September 12 |
Hershey 3, 4 |
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F September 14 |
Hershey 5 |
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M September 17 |
Wayne 1 |
Group election
review pairings and assignments determined by today |
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W September 19 |
Wayne 2 Hershey 12 |
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F September 21 |
Nelson
8 (Currinder); Bai, “How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political
Game?” |
Election
paper assignments posted by today |
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M September 24 |
Political environments:
understanding the context of campaigns |
Wayne 3 Hershey 6 |
First exam study
guide posted by today |
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W September 26 |
Hershey 7 |
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F September 28 |
More Hershey 7 |
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M October 1 |
FIRST
EXAM |
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W October 3 |
NO CLASS |
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NOBEL CONFERENCE First presidential
debate scheduled for tonight |
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F October 5 |
NO CLASS |
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Chris @
conference, King & Queen @ Gustavus |
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M October 8 |
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Hershey 8 |
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W October 10 |
Party roles in
candidate selection, primaries and caucuses |
Hershey 9 |
Vice presidential
debate scheduled for October 11 |
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F October 12 |
The legal environment
of presidential campaigns |
Wayne 4 |
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M October 15 |
Presidential
nomination politics |
Wayne 5 |
Second
presidential debate October 16 |
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W October 17 |
Moving from the
primaries to the general election |
Wayne 6 |
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F October 19 |
Organization and strategy
in presidential general election campaigns |
Wayne 7 |
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M October 22 |
NO CLASS |
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FALL BREAK 3rd/final
presidential debate tonight |
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W October 24 |
The roles of the
media in presidential campaigns |
Wayne 8 |
By this time, you
should be following your assigned
election closely |
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F October 26 |
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Wayne 9 |
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M October 29 |
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Nelson 1 (Nelson) Nelson 2 (Burden) |
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W October 31 |
Nelson 3 (Pomper) Nelson 7 (Mellow) |
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F November 2 |
2008 congressional
races and media trends |
Nelson 5
(Jacobson) Nelson 6 (Hershey) |
Second exam
study guide posted by today |
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M November 5 |
The meaning of the
2008 election, as it looked in early 2009 |
Nelson 9 (Mayhew) |
Election
prediction paper due TODAY by 4:30 pm |
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W November 7 |
none; we will
discuss November 6 election results |
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F November 9 |
SECOND EXAM |
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M November 12 |
NO CLASS |
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Chris @ conference |
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W November 14 |
Hershey 13 |
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F November 16 |
Hershey 14; Gibson,
“Nastier, Noisier, Costlier – and Better” |
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M November 19 |
How responsible
are the political parties, how responsible should they be? |
Hershey 15, 16 |
wouldn’t it be
nice to have your election analysis paper done before break?! J |
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W November 21 |
NO
CLASS |
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Thanksgiving break |
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F November 23 |
NO
CLASS |
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Thanksgiving break |
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M November 26 |
Semiatin 1
(Semiatin) Semiatin 2
(Boatright) |
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W November 28 |
Semiatin 3
(Devine) Semiatin 4 (Turk) |
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F November 30 |
Semiatin 5
(Nelson) Semiatin 6
(Semiatin) |
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M December 3 |
Semiatin 7
(Renner) Semiatin 8
(Kasniunas and Rozell) |
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W December 5 |
Semiatin 9 (Graf and
Mayer) Semiatin 10
(Francia, Joe and Wilcox) |
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F December 7 |
Semiatin 12
(MacManus) Semiatin 13
(Stokes-Brown) |
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M December 10 |
Semiatin 11
(Crouch) |
Election
analysis paper due TODAY by 4:30 pm |
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W December 12 |
Wayne 10 Semiatin 14
(Simpson) |
Final exam
study guide posted by today |
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F December 14 |
To be announced |
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Wednesday,
December 19 |
FINAL
EXAM 3:30
– 5:30 pm Mattson
102 |
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