Gerald M Pomper
Biographic Data
| ID | 385156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald M Pomper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pomper |
| SIGNATURE | POMPER G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 517 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
Journal Article It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism Get access It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas E. Mann. and Norman J. Ornstein. New York, Basic Books, 2012. 240pp. $26.00. Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper Rutgers University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academ…
On Ordinary Heroes and American Democracy (On Politics)
The 2.4% Solution: What Makes a Mandate
Despite that the popular vote margin in the 2004 presidential election was only 2.4%, George W. Bush claimed to have "earned political capital" and Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman characterized the outcome as "a mandate." While it seems from the size of the electoral margin that such claims are overstated, we look "under the hood" of the election to see whether any particular policy issue such as the war in Iraq, gay marriage, social sec…
The Presidential Election of 2004
Professor Pomper speculates on the likely outcome and meaning of the 2004 presidential elections. Given the power of the White House to influence events and media coverage, as well as the emerging electoral advantages of the Republican Party, Pomper believes George W. Bush will be returned to office. He points to three trends in particular that favor the GOP: recent shifts in electoral votes, financial wealth and voter turnout. A presidential vic…
Missed Opportunity: Gore, Incumbency, and Television in Election 2000
Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning in U.S. Senate Elections
ate campaigns with an original aggregate data set and ANES survey data. We ask a simple question: how effective is negative campaigning in helping to get candidates elected? Our results provide no straightforward answer. Generally speaking, but dependent on the opponent's strategy, negative campaigning is relatively effective for challengers, while positive campaigning is more effective for incumbents. Overall, our results do provide clear eviden…
Effects of Negative Campaigning on Turnout in U.S. Senate Elections, 1988-1998
This paper addresses a very important question for media researchers, political campaigners, and democratic theorists alike: Does negative campaigning demobilize the electorate? Using both aggregate- and individual-level turnout data and evidence on the nature or "tone" of virtually every U.S. Senate campaign between 1988 and 1998, we find that campaign negativism has a curvilinear effect on turnout, with most observed levels of negativism actual…
Negative Campaigning by US Senate Candidates
This article examines the use of negative campaigning in US Senate election campaigns from 1988 to 1998. We explore the relationship of negativism to candidate characteristics, campaign activities and the political context of these elections by testing seven hypotheses about candidates' use of negative campaigning. Our results suggest that such practices are disproportionately employed by candidates with relatively few campaign resources, by chal…
The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost
Journal Article The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost Get access Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper GERALD M. POMPER is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) at Rutgers University. This article is drawn from his edited book, The Election of 2000. He is also the author of Passions and Interests: Political Party Concepts of American Democracy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Pol…
Coarse acts and common sense
They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era, by E. J. Dionne
onne once again goes against the grain to demonstrate that the Democrats' failures do not add up to Republican dominance. Dionne contends that the GOP's laissez-faire approach is no answer to the frustrations of an electorate that, while skeptical of bureaucracies, still wants a government that governs
Hollow Mandates: American Public Opinion and the Conservative Shift, by Howard J. Gold
Introduction - the conservative shift in American politics defining conservatism in the United States changing campaign rhetoric changes in policy issue preferences and ideological symbols assessments of the political parties generational change and the conservative shift the rise of de facto conservatism conclusion - leading with the right
Concepts of Political Parties
Political parties are historically and logically connected to democracy. This article examines models of political parties and their relationship to democratic philosophy, with primary attention to normative rather than empirical models. Three dichotomous, analytical dimensions are developed: the parties' elite or mass focus, their collective or coalitional goals and their instrumental or expressive mode. Combining these dimensions results in eig…
Bake sales and voting
Campaigning in America: A History of Election Practices, by Robert J. Dinkin
Party Organization & Electoral Success
The need to strengthen political parties has been the conclusion of many studies of American politics. The difficulties in doing so and the problems of various reformist schemes have been well chronicled. This article steps back from the debate over strengthening parties to ask the empirical question, "What is a strong party?" Proceeding from the premise that the purpose of parties is to win elections, the author develops a political, rather than…
Practicing Political Science on a Local School Board
Party politics
A Review of Party Reform Literature
Labor at the Polls: Union Voting in Presidential Elections, 1952-1976. Jong Oh Ra
New Rules and New Games in Presidential Nominations
Paradigmatics
Voter's Choice: Varieties of American Electoral Behavior
The Decline of the Party in American Elections
Journal Article The Decline of the Party in American Elections Get access Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper GERALD M. POMPER is professor and chairman of the department of political science at Rutgers University and senior research associate of the Center for Policy Research. He is the author of Voters' Choice, Elections in America, and a forthcoming work, The Election of 1976. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…
From Confusion to Confusion
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From Confusion to Clarity: Issues and American Voters, 1956-1968
Analysis of national election surveys from 1956 to 1968 reveals significant changes in the voters' perceptions of issues and the major parties. There has been a considerable increase in the correlation of party identification and opinion on six major issues, relating to social welfare, racial integration, and foreign aid. Voters are more prone to see a difference between the parties on these issues and are increasingly likely to identify the Demo…
Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning in U.S. Senate Elections
ate campaigns with an original aggregate data set and ANES survey data. We ask a simple question: how effective is negative campaigning in helping to get candidates elected? Our results provide no straightforward answer. Generally speaking, but dependent on the opponent's strategy, negative campaigning is relatively effective for challengers, while positive campaigning is more effective for incumbents. Overall, our results do provide clear eviden…
Negative Campaigning by US Senate Candidates
This article examines the use of negative campaigning in US Senate election campaigns from 1988 to 1998. We explore the relationship of negativism to candidate characteristics, campaign activities and the political context of these elections by testing seven hypotheses about candidates' use of negative campaigning. Our results suggest that such practices are disproportionately employed by candidates with relatively few campaign resources, by chal…
Effects of Negative Campaigning on Turnout in U.S. Senate Elections, 1988-1998
This paper addresses a very important question for media researchers, political campaigners, and democratic theorists alike: Does negative campaigning demobilize the electorate? Using both aggregate- and individual-level turnout data and evidence on the nature or "tone" of virtually every U.S. Senate campaign between 1988 and 1998, we find that campaign negativism has a curvilinear effect on turnout, with most observed levels of negativism actual…
Classification of Presidential Elections
Ethnic and Group Voting in Nonpartisan Municipal Elections
Do nonpartisan municipal elections free the electorate from the pressure of group influence? Two case studies, one of a nonpartisan, the other of a partisan, election, suggest that nonpartisan municipal elections may only substitute ethnic pressures for those of party
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
Journal Article It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism Get access It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas E. Mann. and Norman J. Ornstein. New York, Basic Books, 2012. 240pp. $26.00. Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper Rutgers University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academ…
Variability in Electoral Behavior: Longitudinal Perspectives from Causal Modeling
Voting theory has been vulnerable to limitations in synchronic survey data analysis. These limitations include lack of longitudinal perspective, overgeneralization from single, unique elections, and the conjoining of new methodologies with synchronic data. To promote comparative longitudinal research using survey data, causal models of the 1956, 1964, and 1972 presidential elections are developed. Methods used include a seven-variable causal mode…
Concepts of Political Parties
Political parties are historically and logically connected to democracy. This article examines models of political parties and their relationship to democratic philosophy, with primary attention to normative rather than empirical models. Three dichotomous, analytical dimensions are developed: the parties' elite or mass focus, their collective or coalitional goals and their instrumental or expressive mode. Combining these dimensions results in eig…
Curing the Mischiefs of Faction: Party Reform in America, by Austin Ranney
Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System? What, Again
New Rules and New Games in Presidential Nominations
Bake sales and voting
Party Organization & Electoral Success
The need to strengthen political parties has been the conclusion of many studies of American politics. The difficulties in doing so and the problems of various reformist schemes have been well chronicled. This article steps back from the debate over strengthening parties to ask the empirical question, "What is a strong party?" Proceeding from the premise that the purpose of parties is to win elections, the author develops a political, rather than…
They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era, by E. J. Dionne
onne once again goes against the grain to demonstrate that the Democrats' failures do not add up to Republican dominance. Dionne contends that the GOP's laissez-faire approach is no answer to the frustrations of an electorate that, while skeptical of bureaucracies, still wants a government that governs
The Decline of the Party in American Elections
Journal Article The Decline of the Party in American Elections Get access Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper GERALD M. POMPER is professor and chairman of the department of political science at Rutgers University and senior research associate of the Center for Policy Research. He is the author of Voters' Choice, Elections in America, and a forthcoming work, The Election of 1976. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…
From Confusion to Confusion
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The Public Relations of Organized Labor
Although much of the public is made up of members of labor organizations and other people whose attitudes are predominantly shaped by direct contact with union members, a larger group holds attitudes toward labor which are shaped primarily by the news and commentaries disseminated through mass media of communication. The efforts of the American labor movement to reach these people and present its case to them arc reported in this article
The Concept of Elections in Political Theory
Popular elections are generally assumed to be the crucial element of democratic governments, but the significance of elections is so widely assumed that it is rarely examined. Although studies of voting behavior abound, there are relatively few theoretical or empirical investigations of the effects of voting on the total political system. To clarify our thinking, and as a preliminary to contemporary discussion, it may prove helpful to reexamine s…
The Nomination of Hubert Humphrey for Vice-President
New Jersey County Chairmen
HE COUNTY CHAIRMAN of American political parties is often regarded as most powerful local party and as among the key figures in the informal or 'actual' power structure of the state parties.' However, there is relatively little information available about the nature and characteristics of this group of leaders.2 Material on precinct and urban ward leaders has been collected for some time,3 but there is little on the official political leaders on …
The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost
Journal Article The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost Get access Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper GERALD M. POMPER is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) at Rutgers University. This article is drawn from his edited book, The Election of 2000. He is also the author of Passions and Interests: Political Party Concepts of American Democracy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Pol…
Factionalism in the 1968 National Conventions: An Extension of Research Findings
Controls and Influence in American Elections (Even 1968)
Practicing Political Science on a Local School Board
The Public Relations of Organized Labor
Although much of the public is made up of members of labor organizations and other people whose attitudes are predominantly shaped by direct contact with union members, a larger group holds attitudes toward labor which are shaped primarily by the news and commentaries disseminated through mass media of communication. The efforts of the American labor movement to reach these people and present its case to them arc reported in this article
Labor and congress: The repeal of Taft‐Hartley
Nominating the President: The Politics of Convention Choice
Journal Article Nominating the President: The Politics of Convention Choice. By Gerald Pomper. (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1963. xii + 292 pp. Tables, notes, appendix, and index. $6.50.) Get access William G. Carleton William G. Carleton University of Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 50, Issue 4, March 1964, Pages 694–695, https://doi.org/10.2307/191…
Nominating the President: The Politics of Convention Choice
Labor legislation: The revision of Taft‐Hartley in 1953–1954
New Jersey County Chairmen
HE COUNTY CHAIRMAN of American political parties is often regarded as most powerful local party and as among the key figures in the informal or 'actual' power structure of the state parties.' However, there is relatively little information available about the nature and characteristics of this group of leaders.2 Material on precinct and urban ward leaders has been collected for some time,3 but there is little on the official political leaders on …
American Party Politics: Essays and Readings
The Nomination of Hubert Humphrey for Vice-President
Ethnic and Group Voting in Nonpartisan Municipal Elections
Do nonpartisan municipal elections free the electorate from the pressure of group influence? Two case studies, one of a nonpartisan, the other of a partisan, election, suggest that nonpartisan municipal elections may only substitute ethnic pressures for those of party
The Concept of Elections in Political Theory
Popular elections are generally assumed to be the crucial element of democratic governments, but the significance of elections is so widely assumed that it is rarely examined. Although studies of voting behavior abound, there are relatively few theoretical or empirical investigations of the effects of voting on the total political system. To clarify our thinking, and as a preliminary to contemporary discussion, it may prove helpful to reexamine s…
Classification of Presidential Elections
Controls and Influence in American Elections (Even 1968)
Campaigning: The Art & Science of Politics
Factionalism in the 1968 National Conventions: An Extension of Research Findings
Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System? What, Again
Rejoinder to “Comments” by Richard A. Brody and Benjamin I. Page and John H. Kessel
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From Confusion to Clarity: Issues and American Voters, 1956-1968
Analysis of national election surveys from 1956 to 1968 reveals significant changes in the voters' perceptions of issues and the major parties. There has been a considerable increase in the correlation of party identification and opinion on six major issues, relating to social welfare, racial integration, and foreign aid. Voters are more prone to see a difference between the parties on these issues and are increasingly likely to identify the Demo…
Reforming the Vice‐presidential Nomination
Ambition in Israel: A Comparative Extension of Theory and Data
Ambition in Israel: A Comparative Extension of Theory and Data
Variability in Electoral Behavior: Longitudinal Perspectives from Causal Modeling
Voting theory has been vulnerable to limitations in synchronic survey data analysis. These limitations include lack of longitudinal perspective, overgeneralization from single, unique elections, and the conjoining of new methodologies with synchronic data. To promote comparative longitudinal research using survey data, causal models of the 1956, 1964, and 1972 presidential elections are developed. Methods used include a seven-variable causal mode…
Curing the Mischiefs of Faction: Party Reform in America, by Austin Ranney
Voter's Choice: Varieties of American Electoral Behavior
The Decline of the Party in American Elections
Journal Article The Decline of the Party in American Elections Get access Gerald M. Pomper Gerald M. Pomper GERALD M. POMPER is professor and chairman of the department of political science at Rutgers University and senior research associate of the Center for Policy Research. He is the author of Voters' Choice, Elections in America, and a forthcoming work, The Election of 1976. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…
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